seize
[ seez ]
/ siz /
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verb (used with object), seized, seiz·ing.
verb (used without object), seized, seiz·ing.
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Origin of seize
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English saisen, seisen, from Old French saisir, from Medieval Latin sacīre “to place” (in phrase sacīre ad propriētam “to take as one's own, lay claim to”), from Frankish, perhaps akin to Gothic satjan “to set, put, place”; see set
synonym study for seize
7. See catch.
OTHER WORDS FROM seize
seiz·a·ble, adjectiveseiz·er; Law. sei·zor [see-zer, -zawr], /ˈsi zər, -zɔr/, nounre·seize, verb (used with object), re·seized, re·seiz·ing.un·seiz·a·ble, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for seize
seize
/ (siːz) /
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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