seise
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of seise
variant of seize
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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
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
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
In 1275 Robert de Montalt died seised of the manor and vill with the assize of bread and ale.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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
When he died in 1331 he was seised of many Norfolk manors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
I tremble for the time when the popular educationist shall have had his way and every child be seised of the rudiments of drawing.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
We then declare ourselves seised in fee by right of occupancy.
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Edward Wilson Landor
"Ethel!" he cried, seising her by the hand.
From International Short Stories American by Various
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