seize /ˈsiz/
 (vt.)抓住,逮住;奪取,占領;沒收,查封;理解,掌握(vi.)抓住,利用


 seize
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 Seize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seized p. pr. & vb. n. Seizing.]
 1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
    For by no means the high bank he could seize.   --Spenser.
 Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
 The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?   --Shak.
 2. To take possession of by force.
 At last they seize
 The scepter, and regard not David's sons.   --Milton.
 3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
    Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul.   --Pope.
 4. law To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
 5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
 As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws
 Upon the carcass of some beast too weak.   --Spenser.
 6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
 7. Naut. To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
 Note: ☞ This word, by writers on law, is commonly written seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as also, in composition, disseise, disseisin.
 To be seized of, to have possession, or right of possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the manor of Dale. “Whom age might see seized of what youth made prize.” --Chapman.
 To seize on or To seize upon, to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
 Syn: -- To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture.

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 seize
      v 1: take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money
           on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother
           seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize
           small mammals" [syn: prehend, clutch]
      2: take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the
         politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian
         hostages"
      3: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the
         invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";
         "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the
         castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, conquer]
      4: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal
         authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents
         impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated
         the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
          confiscate]
      5: seize and take control without authority and possibly with
         force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to
         himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he
         usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne
         after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, {take
         over, arrogate]
      6: hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
      7: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized
         with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful
         disease" [syn: clutch, get hold of]
      8: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will
         grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: grab]