seise
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Origin of seise
variant of seize
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Nearer he drew, with feet that could not tire, And strong in hope to seise her as she sped.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
Such toll we took of his niggling hours That the troops of Time were sent To seise the treasures and fell the towers Of the Castle of Content.
From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by James Branch Cabell
At once delight and horrour on us seise, Thou singst with so much gravity and ease; And above humane flight dost soar aloft With Plume so strong, so equal, and so soft.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
B. Lat. to seise, give seisin or livery of land, 251, 2518.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
I would not have him meerly seise me, and onely declare me to be dead, but win me, and overcome me.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne
In 1275 Robert de Montalt died seised of the manor and vill with the assize of bread and ale.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
William Furnyvall, knight, did not die seised of any lands or tenements in the city of London nor in the suburbs thereof.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Everything depended on the settlement of one question—was the lord seised at the time, or not?
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Richard Norton was son and heir of Sir Daniel Norton, who died seised of the manor in 1636.
From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers
I., it appears that he died seised of lands in Blackley as well as Salford.
From Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
"Ethel!" he cried, seising her by the hand.
From International Short Stories American by Various
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