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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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
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
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
B. Lat. to seise, give seisin or livery of land, 251, 2518.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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
Thou wilt have no terce from my earldom, wherein I am not yet feudally seised.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
And in that lond he wolde dye, as seised, for to leve it to us his children.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
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
We prepared ourselves to take the country's recreation, some to hunt, some to fish, but prevented by a feaver that seised on us all.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson
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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