seise

American  

[seez] / siz /

verb (used with or without object)

seised, seising

1. Chiefly Law. seize.

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seise British  

/ siːz /

verb

1. to put into legal possession of (property, etc)

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Other Word Forms

• seiser
  noun
• seisable
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of seise

variant of _seize

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Example Sentences

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seise seised seising

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

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

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

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

When he died in 1331 he was seised of many Norfolk manors.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Sease, xi, 38, fasten; seised, xii, 17, gained, taken possession of.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

The lord of the manor is actually seised of all the lands in the possession of his copyhold tenants.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

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

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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