saisir

Meaning

to take hold of; to grab
to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture
to grasp mentally; understand
to capture (screen or data)
to type (something) into a computer; to input
to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛ.ziʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French saisir, from Old French saisir, seisir (whence English seize), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“lay claim to, take seisin”), from Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, litigate; accuse”). Compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”), Faroese saka (“to hurt; accuse”), obsolete English sake (“strife”). Alternatively Old French saisir, seisir may be borrowed from Old High German *sazjan and thus cognate to German setzen (“to set”) and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan).