seise
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of seise
variant of seize
Example Sentences
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B. Lat. to seise, give seisin or livery of land, 251, 2518.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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
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
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 Eileen Power
Here the leader of the guard that had taken me seised him and drove him with me to a place 3 miles below West Chester to a Mr Hunt’s an old tavern keeper.
From Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius, a Revolutionary Surgeon by Elias Cornelius
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
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
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
"Ethel!" he cried, seising her by the hand.
From International Short Stories American by Various
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