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seizing 音标拼音: [s'izɪŋ] n. 抓,夺,捆绑 抓,夺,捆绑 seizing n 1: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together 2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands ( or the tentacles) [ synonym: { grasping}, { taking hold}, { seizing}, { prehension}] Seize \ Seize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Seizing}.] [ OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See { Set}, v. t.] 1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. [ 1913 Webster] For by no means the high bank he could seize. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The royalties and rights of banished Hereford? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To take possession of by force. [ 1913 Webster] At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David' s sons. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient. [ 1913 Webster] Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor' s goods. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To fasten; to fix. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Naut.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture. [ 1913 Webster]
Seizing \ Seiz" ing\, n. 1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Naut.) ( a) The operation of fastening together or lashing. ( b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening. [ 1913 Webster]
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