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seize
[ seez ]
/ siz /
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Definition of seize
verb (used with object), seized, seizĀ·ing.
verb (used without object), seized, seizĀ·ing.
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Origin of seize
First recorded in 1250ā1300; Middle English saisen, seisen, from Old French saisir, from Medieval Latin sacÄ«re āto placeā (in phrase sacÄ«re ad propriÄtam āto take as one's own, lay claim toā), from Frankish, perhaps akin to Gothic satjan āto set, put, placeā; see set
synonym study for seize
7. See catch.
OTHER WORDS FROM seize
seizĀ·aĀ·ble, adjectiveseizĀ·er; Law. seiĀ·zor [see-zer, -zawr], /Ėsi zÉr, -zÉr/, nounreĀ·seize, verb (used with object), reĀ·seized, reĀ·seizĀ·ing.unĀ·seizĀ·aĀ·ble, adjectiveWords nearby seize
seismonasty, seismoscope, seitan, SEIU, sei whale, seize, seized, seize on, seize up, seizing, seizure
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British Dictionary definitions for seize
seize
/ (siĖz) /
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of seize
seizable, adjectiveWord Origin for seize
C13 saisen, from Old French saisir, from Medieval Latin sacīre to position, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic satjan to set 1
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Medical definitions for seize
seize
[ sÄz ]
v.
To exhibit symptoms of seizure activity, usually with convulsions.
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