seize
[ seez ]
/ siz /
verb (used with object), seized, seiz·ing.
verb (used without object), seized, seiz·ing.
Origin of seize
1250–1300; Middle English
saisen,
seisen < Old French
saisir < Medieval Latin
sacīre to place (in phrase
sacīre ad propriētam to take as one's own, lay claim to) < Frankish, perhaps akin to Gothic
satjan to
set, put, place
synonym study for seize
7. See
catch.
OTHER WORDS FROM seize
Words nearby seize
seismometer,
seismonasty,
seismoscope,
seitan,
seiu,
seize,
seize on,
seize up,
seizin,
seizing,
seizure
Example sentences from the Web for seizable
But if these fans are painted, they are prohibited to be imported, and are seizable as painted wares.
History of the Fan |George Woolliscroft RheadNo doubt there are delicious and long-to-be-remembered opportunities now and then seizable by staying later.
This is not indifference, because egoism is the most powerful and seizable of human motives, but is not sufficient.
English Conferences of Ernest Renan |Ernest RenanThis forest makes a picture which is designed, but not seizable.
Hills and the Sea |H. Belloc
British Dictionary definitions for seizable
seize
/ (siːz) /
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of seize
seizable, adjectiveWord Origin for seize
C13
saisen, from Old French
saisir, from Medieval Latin
sacīre to position, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic
satjan to
set
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