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Word: seize (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive to bind or lock in position immovably; see also '''seize up'''
  • intransitive to have a seizure
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  • Nautical to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
  • obsolete to fasten, fix
  • transitive to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
  • transitive to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
  • transitive to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
  • transitive to take possession of (by force, law etc.)

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