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Seizing   /sˈizɪŋ/   Listen
Seizing

noun
1.
Small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together.
2.
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).  Synonyms: grasping, prehension, taking hold.


Seize

verb
(past & past part. seized; pres. part. seizing)
1.
Take hold of; grab.  Synonyms: clutch, prehend.  "She clutched her purse" , "The mother seized her child by the arm" , "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
2.
Take or capture by force.  "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
3.
Take possession of by force, as after an invasion.  Synonyms: appropriate, capture, conquer.  "The army seized the town" , "The militia captured the castle"
4.
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.  Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, sequester.  "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment" , "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
5.
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.  Synonyms: arrogate, assume, take over, usurp.  "He usurped my rights" , "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
6.
Hook by a pull on the line.
7.
Affect.  Synonyms: clutch, get hold of.  "The patient was seized with unbearable pains" , "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
8.
Capture the attention or imagination of.  Synonym: grab.  "The movie seized my imagination"



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"Seizing" Quotes from Famous Books



... but commenced the service. He had intended to challenge the "neglect of so great salvation," but with ready wit seizing upon the theme suggested by his rough entertainer, he read the story of the Syrophenician woman, and took for his text the words, "Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' ...
— Robert Moffat - The Missionary Hero of Kuruman • David J. Deane
... a cup of tea?" George might ask, seizing a half slice of bread, and doubling an ounce of butter into it, with his great thumb on ...
— The Story Of Julia Page - Works of Kathleen Norris, Volume V. • Kathleen Norris
... that was said there, and sent it to his advisers, who found means to inform the Cardinal of it, and to add the plan of conduct he ought to pursue." D'Epremesnil, and other young counsellors, showed upon that occasion but too much audacity in braving the Court, too much eagerness in seizing an opportunity of attacking it. They were the first to shake that authority which their functions made it a duty in them to respect.—NOTE ...
— Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete • Madame Campan
... villains, vermin and sons of bastardi cornuti! If God had not given me these garments and thereby closed my lips to all evil-speaking (seizing his cassock and displaying half a yard of purple stocking)—wouldn't I just tell you, spawn of adulterous assassins, what ...
— Old Calabria • Norman Douglas
... Grizzel, laying down the pot and seizing a spade. She rapidly dug a shallow hole, poured the sticky black mixture into it and tossed ...
— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton


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