seized
adjective
taken hold, possession, or control of, as by force or legal authority; confiscated, captured, or appropriated.
unseized
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a word derived from
seized.
Example Sentences
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There is no 'bus unseized by the Napoleonic Lipton.
From Penelope's English Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Familiar, still unseized, the forest sprang An old-world echo, like no mortal thing.
From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith
One of the commissioners told me the real hitch was the terms on which the Dominion should assume the Crown Colony's small public debt; so the chance passed unseized.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Familiar, still unseized, the forest sprangAn old-world echo, like no mortal thing.The hunter’s horn might wind a jocund ring,But held in ear it had a chilly clang.
From A Reading of Life, Other Poems by George Meredith
That the most ingenious efforts and devices had ended in success only after such delay made it all the more necessary that no straw must remain unseized on.
From T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett
