Seize

  • 41seize up — phr verb Seize up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑engine …

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  • 42seize — [13] Seize entered English as a term in the feudal legal system, meaning ‘take possession of property’. It was borrowed from Old French seisir, which went back via a Gallo Latin *sacīre ‘claim’ to a prehistoric Germanic *sakjan. This in turn was… …

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  • 43seize v — Over a bargain basement counter: What you seize is what you get …

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  • 44seize — verb 1》 take hold of suddenly and forcibly.     ↘take forcible possession of.     ↘(of the police or another authority) take possession of by warrant or legal right. 2》 take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively.     ↘(seize on/upon) take eager …

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  • 45seize — verb 1) she seized the microphone Syn: grab, grasp, snatch, take hold of, get one s hands on; grip, clutch; nab Ant: let go of 2) rebels seized the air base Syn …

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  • 46ˌseize ˈup — phrasal verb to suddenly stop moving or working properly If you don t add oil, the engine will eventually seize up.[/ex] …

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  • 47seize — /siyz/ To put in possession, invest with fee simple, be seized of or in, be legal possessor of, or be holder in fee simple. Hanley v. Stewart, 155 Pa.Super. 535, 39 A.2d 323, 326. To seize means to take possession of forcibly, to grasp, to snatch …

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  • 48seize — [13] Seize entered English as a term in the feudal legal system, meaning ‘take possession of property’. It was borrowed from Old French seisir, which went back via a Gallo Latin *sacīre ‘claim’ to a prehistoric Germanic *sakjan. This in turn was… …

    Word origins

  • 49Seize (band) — Seize is a British electronic band started by Sandrine Gouriou in 1994. She was joined by Steven Young in 1997. The band released their debut EP Blades in 1999 and their debut album Lunacy in 2000. The third member of Seize, Rosie Harris, joined… …

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  • 50Seize the Day (band) — Seize The Day are a folk band from the United Kingdom. They specialise in protest songs, and have supported many environmental campaigns across the world.HistorySeize The Day were founded in 1997 by singer songwriters Theo Simon and Shannon Smy,… …

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