seize

Meaning

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

seize

grab

grasp

catch

capture

take

snatch

hold

arrest

grip

clutch

confiscate

apprehend

take hold of

nab

impound

wrest

appropriate

usurp

occupy

take hold

snap

attach

intercept

sequester

conquer

grapple

trap

take possession of

catch hold of

detain

rob

get hold of

take forcibly

take away

kidnap

gripe

sequestrate

take over

get

remove

take by force

lay hold of

expropriate

vie

assume

prehend

accept

arrogate

captivate

abstract

take prisoner

carry

carry off

hook

snatch away

distrain

pinch

stick

abduct

draw

pull

restrain

clasp

swoop

compete

scramble for

collar

stop

utilize

overwhelm

possess

steal

grab onto

touch

imprison

count down

curtail

cut

cut off

deduct

slash

subtract

truncate

attain

find

obtain

hold fast

foreclose

be hasty

rush

lay one’s hands on

plunder

jerk away

pounce on

carry away

contend

wrest something from someone

dispossess

impress

block

rape

take possession

lay hold

embrace

hunt

receive

ravish

forfeit

seizing

confiscation

reach

grab suddenly

hold on to

keep

have

nobble

snaffle

snag

snap up

overcome

pick up

attack

fish

seize up

bind

abolish

delete

dispense with

do away with

get rid of

put away

rid

scrap

waive

retrench

write-off

discern

encounter

hit

notice

perceive

run across

run up against

scald

score

strike

take hostage

scoop up

struggle with

tug

wrench

yank

bite

mold sushi

mould sushi

attach goods

garnish

adhere to

cling to

hold to ransom

hold back

fasten

hitch

freeze

annex

gobble up

take a lot of

pounce

pilfer

strive

clench

peck

pick

assault

compromise

gang-rape

outrage

violate

hent

confine

obstruct

invade

preempt

halt

take advantage of

catch hold

support

exact

extort

corral

glom

nip

pin

pot

scoff

tackle

hug

commandeer

lay hands upon

lean on

put into order

poach

rifle

scrounge

spoil

tear from

garnishee

conceive

bayonet lock

hang

jam

galling

attachment

detention

distraint

hold in custody

acquisition

trapping

evict

expropriation

foreclosure

seize smuggled goods

seizure

sequestration

adhere

adherence

adherency

adhesion

clog

pirate

bring

make away with

make off with

grab hold of

do

wreak

hijack

pop

snatch up

carve out

come upon

highjack

repossess

swoop up

absorb

corner

encroach upon

engulf

move in on

overrun

raid

squat

whelm

surmount

hold in place

lift

grab at

grasp tightly

acquire

gain

hull

consider

fill

catch on

overpower

allot

devote

smash

pillage

affect

vie for

write off

appeal

challenge

contest

impugn

depredate

despoil

wrap

fetch

accounting

prey upon

comprehend

entice

tempt

enrapture

enthral

fascinate

mesmerize

overjoy

have up

hold up

nail

take in charge

withhold information

ensnare

entrap

go against

snare

trammel

take by storm

attract

understand

hold firmly

hold to

brawl

retain

catch fish

collect

copy

take in hand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːz/

Etymology

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”).