Results for seize
Definitions of seize:
part of speech: verb transitive
To take possession of forcibly: to take hold of: to grasp: to apprehend.
part of speech: noun
SEIZER.
part of speech: verb transitive
To take possession of forcibly or suddenly; grasp; snatch; take hold of.
Usage examples for seize:
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At the same time he rose and prepared to seize the prince by the arm.
"The Ghost-Seer (or The Apparitionist), and Sport of Destiny", Frederich Schiller -
If she should give you the slightest hint who the prankster is, seize upon it."
"Hoofbeats on the Turnpike", Mildred A. Wirt -
Thus then I seize you!
"The Gamester (1753)", Edward Moore Commentator: Charles H. Peake Phillip R. Wikelund -
No, let us seize our opportunity.
"Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II", Caius Cornelius Tacitus