seise

American  

[seez] / siz /

verb (used with or without object)

seised, seising

1. Chiefly Law. seize.

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seise British  

/ siːz /

verb

1. to put into legal possession of (property, etc)

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Other Word Forms

• seiser
  noun
• seisable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of seise

variant of _seize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

seise seised seising

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

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

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

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

B. Lat. to seise, give seisin or livery of land, 251, 2518.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

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 Hakluyt, Richard

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 Radisson, Pierre Esprit

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

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

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 Cornelius, Elias

"Ethel!" he cried, seising her by the hand.

From International Short Stories American by Various