seize

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

saisir

prendre

attraper

capturer

arrêter

agripper

appréhender

confisquer

s’emparer de

s’emparer

empoigner

emparer

arracher

happer

usurper

gripper

retrancher

occuper

comprendre

tenir

embrayage

conquérir

saisir au corps

ôter

préhension

pétrir du sushi

se saisir de

assaillir

attaquer

cueillir

détenir

réquisitionner

violer

conduire

manoeuvrer

supporter

garder

prendre en otage

prisonnier

dérober

appliquer

fixer

lier

séquestrer

adopter

assumer

reprendre

supposer

atteindre

faire

réussir

venir à bout de

attirer

fasciner

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/siːz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).