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   seize

   /sēz/

   verb

   • 1. take hold of suddenly and forcibly: "she jumped up and seized his arm" Similar grabgraspsnatchseize hold ofgrab hold oftake hold oflay hold oflay (one's) hands onget one's hands ontake a grip ofgripclutchtakepluckOpposite let go of
   • ▪ take forcible possession of: "army rebels seized an air force base" Similar capturetakeoverrunannexoccupytake possession ofconquertake oversubjugatesubjectcolonizeOpposite relinquishretreat fromliberate
   • ▪ (of the police or another authority) take possession of (something) by warrant or legal right; confiscate; impound: "police have seized 726 lb of cocaine" Similar confiscateimpoundcommandeerrequisitionappropriateexpropriatetake possession ofsequestersequestratetake awaytake overtakedistrainattachdisseizepoindOpposite release
   • 2. take (an opportunity or initiative) eagerly and decisively: "he seized his chance to attack as Delaney hesitated"
   • 3. (of a feeling or pain) affect (someone) suddenly or acutely: "he was seized by the most dreadful fear"
   • 4. strongly appeal to or attract (the imagination or attention): "the story of the king's escape seized the public imagination"
   • ▪ understand (something) quickly or clearly: formal "he always strains to seize the most somber truths"
   • 5. (of a machine with moving parts or a moving part in a machine) become stuck or jammed: "I realized that the mechanism had seized"
   • 6. fasten or attach (someone or something) to something by binding with turns of rope: archaic "Jack was seized to the gun and had his two dozen lashes"

   Word Origin 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. seizable adjective
   • 2. seizer noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   Synonyms for SEIZED: understood, knew, grasped, recognized, saw, deciphered, comprehended, appreciated; Antonyms of SEIZED: missed, misunderstood, misinterpreted, mistook, misconstrued, misread, misconceived, misapprehended.

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   Synonyms and examples. take. He offered her the microphone but she wouldn't take it. take hold of. Get ready to take hold of the baton as the next runner approaches. snatch. He snatched the letter out of my hands before I could read it. steal. The car was stolen from right outside our house. pinch. informal. A thief pinched his wallet and phone.

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