seize

Significado (Inglés)

1. To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
2. To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
3. To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
4. To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
5. Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”).
6. To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
7. (obsolete) To fasten, fix.
8. To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
9. To have a seizure.
10. To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
11. To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
12. (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
13. Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.

Conceptos

agarrar

coger

atrapar

apresar

asir

capturar

tomar

confiscar

prender

empuñar

detener

apoderarse de

arrebatar

apoderarse

embargar

amputar

cercenar

deducir

descontar

quitar

restar

sustraer

truncar

aprehender

comprender

recoger

secuestrar

cazar

recibir

sorprender

sostener

adueñarse

apropiarse

incautar

arrestar

aferrar

agarrotarse

dañarse

eliminar

acertar

dar con

dar en

escaldar

percibir

echar el guante a

asirse de

apuñar

acometer

captar

decomisar

entrecoger

incautarse

ocupar

sujetar

usurpar

atrapar con la mano

adquirir

chapar

disponer

pescar

asir fuertemente

apoderarse de algo

sobrecoger

aprovechar

arrancar

atrincherar

enseñorearse

agarrarse

agazapar

conseguir

consumar

lograr

realizar

atraer

intrigar

entender

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/siːz/

Etimología (Inglés)

Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir (“to take possession of; invest (person, court)”), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“to lay claim to, appropriate”) (8th century) in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Old Low Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring legal action”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną, *sakōną (compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *sakaną (compare Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”), Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”), Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”). Cognate to sake and Latin sagio (“to perceive acutely”).