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v. t.
To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
a.
Seized or caught up.
v. t.
To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
v. t.
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
n.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
n.
That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
v. t.
To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
v. i.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
v. t.
To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.
v. t.
To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
v. t.
To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
n.
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
v. i.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
n.
The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
n.
One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.
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v. t.
To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
p. pl.
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
n.
One who, or that which, seizes.
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