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Word: Seize
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: from Old French seizir ‘give seisin’, from medieval Latin sacire, in the phrase ad proprium sacire ‘claim as one's own’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘procedure’
siːz
take hold of suddenly and forcibly
Short Definition:take hold of suddenly
Examples:- she jumped up and seized his arm
- he seized hold of the door handle
take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively
Short Definition:take opportunity eagerly
Examples:- he seized his chance to attack as Carr hesitated
(of a feeling or pain) affect (someone) suddenly or acutely
Short Definition:affect someone suddenly or acutely
Examples:- he was seized by the most dreadful fear
strongly appeal to or attract (the imagination or attention)
Short Definition:strongly appeal to or attract
Examples:- the story of the king's escape seized the public imagination
(of a machine with moving parts) become jammed
Short Definition:become jammed
Examples:- I realized that the mechanism had seized
fasten or attach (someone or something) to something by binding with turns of rope
Short Definition:fasten or attach person or thing to something by binding with turns of rope
Examples:- Jack was seized to the gun and had his two dozen lashes
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