seise
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of seise
variant of seize
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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 Cabell, James Branch
B. Lat. to seise, give seisin or livery of land, 251, 2518.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Nearer he drew, with feet that could not tire, And strong in hope to seise her as she sped.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
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 Donne, John
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 Milton, John
A widow is entitled to enjoy for her life under the name of dower one third of any land of which the husband was seised in fee at any time during the marriage.
From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur
We then declare ourselves seised in fee by right of occupancy.
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson
Many a purchase-deed recites that the vendor is seised in fee-simple of the property.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Agnes was seised of certain lands and tenements in Yorkshire to the value of £40 a year, as the nearest friend of the two girls, whose share of their father’s estate the lands were.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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 Summers, Montague
"Ethel!" he cried, seising her by the hand.
From International Short Stories American by Various
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