- OE. seisensaisen, OF. seisirsaisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See Setv. t.
- To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.For by no means the high bank he could seize.Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?
- To take possession of by force.At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David's sons.
- To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul.
- lawTo take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
- To fasten; to fix.ObsAs when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak.
- To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
- NautTo bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture.
