seize (redirected from seizing upon)

seize  (sz)

v. seized, seiz·ing, seiz·es

v.tr.

1. To grasp suddenly and forcibly; take or grab: seize a sword.

2.

a. To grasp with the mind; apprehend: seize an idea and develop it to the fullest extent.

b. To possess oneself of (something): seize an opportunity.

3.

a. To have a sudden overwhelming effect on: a heinous crime that seized the minds and emotions of the populace.

b. To overwhelm physically: a person who was seized with a terminal disease.

4. To take into custody; capture.

5. To take quick and forcible possession of; confiscate: seize a cache of illegal drugs.

6. also seise (sz)

a. To put (one) into possession of something.

b. To vest ownership of a feudal property in.

7. Nautical To bind (a rope) to another, or to a spar, with turns of small line.

v.intr.

1. To lay sudden or forcible hold of.

2.

a. To cohere or fuse with another part as a result of high pressure or temperature and restrict or prevent further motion or flow.

b. To come to a halt: The talks seized up and were rescheduled.

3. To exhibit symptoms of seizure activity, usually with convulsions.

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[Middle English seisen, from Old French seisir, to take possession, of Germanic origin.]

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seiza·ble adj.

seizer n.

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seize

Verb

[seizing, seized]

1. to take hold of forcibly or quickly; grab

2. to take immediate advantage of: real journalists would have seized the opportunity

3. to take legal possession of

4. (sometimes foll. by on, upon)to understand quickly: she immediately seized his idea

5. to affect or fill the mind of suddenly: a wild frenzy seized her

6. to take by force or capture: the rebels seized a tank factory

7. (often foll. by up)(of mechanical parts) to become jammed through overheating [Old French saisir]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	seize - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" clutch, prehend nab - seize suddenly rack - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block claw - clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob" get hold of, take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, apprehend, pick up - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" capture, catch, get - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" collar - seize by the neck or collar clasp - grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands" grip - hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel" grab - take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room" grab, take hold of, catch - take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" snatch, snatch up, snap - to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" clench, clinch - hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel" grapple, grip - to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
	2.	seize - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" raven - obtain or seize by violence wrest - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government" get hold of, take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
	3.	seize - take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" appropriate, conquer, capture take over, usurp, arrogate, seize, assume - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" carry - capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
	4.	seize - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" confiscate, impound, sequester, attach take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway" sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered" garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" distrain - confiscate by distress
	5.	seize - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" take over, usurp, arrogate, assume take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" appropriate, conquer, seize, capture - take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills" hijack - seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process" raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
	6.	seize - hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish" hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"
	7.	seize - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" clutch, get hold of overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
	8.	seize - capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" grab fascinate, intrigue - cause to be interested or curious

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seize

verb 1. grab, grip, grasp, take, snatch, clutch, snap up, pluck, fasten, latch on to, lay hands on, catch or take hold of << OPPOSITE let go

verb 2. take by storm, take over, acquire, occupy, conquer, annex, usurp

verb 3. confiscate, appropriate, commandeer, impound, take possession of, requisition, sequester, expropriate, sequestrate << OPPOSITE hand back

verb 4. capture, catch, arrest, get, nail (informal) grasp, collar (informal) hijack, abduct, nab (informal) apprehend, take captive << OPPOSITE release

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To employ combat forces to occupy physically and to control a designated area. See also combat forces.

Translations

seize [siːz] vt (= grasp) → agarrar, asir (= take possession of); secuestrar: [+ territory]; apoderarse de [+ opportunity]; aprovecharse de

seize up vi (TECH) → agarrotarse

seize (up)on vt fus → valerse de

seize [siːz] vt (= grasp) → saisir, attraper (= take possession of); s'emparer de [+ opportunity]; saisir;

(Law) → saisir

seize on vt fus → saisir, sauter sur

seize up vi (Tech) → se gripper

seize upon vt fus = seize on

seize [siːz] vt → packen, ergreifen (fig) (opportunity) → ergreifen;

(power, control) → an sich acc reißen;

(territory, airfield) → besetzen;

(hostage) → nehmen;

(Law) → beschlagnahmen

seize up seize vi (engine) → sich festfressen

seize (up)on seize vt fus → sich stürzen auf +acc

seize [siːz] vt (= grasp) → afferrare (= take possession of); impadronirsi di;

(LAW) → sequestrare

seize up vi (TECH) → grippare

seize (up)on vt fus → ricorrere a

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seize

v seize [siːz]

1 to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.grypيَسْتَوْلي عَلىсграбчвамchytitgribe; tageergreifenαρπάζω συν. με τη βίαasir, agarrar, cogerhaarama, kinni rabamaمصادره كردنsiepata, tarttuasaisirלִתפוֹסछीननाzgrabiti, ščepatimegragadmenangkap dengan tiba-tibaþrífa, hrifsaafferrare, prendereつかむ쥐다, 붙잡다nutverti, pagriebtisatvert; sagrābt; (par izdevību) izmantotmenyambargrijpengripechwytać, porywaćagarrara apuca; a pune mâna peсхватить; ухватитьсяchytiťzgrabitizgrabitirycka till sig, hugga tag i, gripaจับ; แย่งyakalamak, kavramak抓住хапати; вхопитисяقبضے میں لیناtúm, nắm抓住

2 to take, especially by force or by law The police seized the stolen property.neem, vatيَقْبِضُ على، يَحْجِزُконфискувамzmocnit sekonfiskere; beslaglæggebeschlagnahmenκατάσχωincautar, embargarkonfiskeerimaبازداشت كردنtakavarikoidasaisirלִתפוֹסजीत लेनाprisvojiti, zaplijenitilefoglalmenyitataka með valdiconfiscare差し押える몰수하다, 압수하다konfiskuoti, areštuoti (turtą)konfiscētmerampasin beslag nemenpågripe, beslagleggezająć, skonfiskowaćapreendera captura, a confiscaконфисковатьzmocniť sazaplenitizaplenitita i beslag, ta fast, fånga inยึด; ริบele geçirmek查獲захоплювати; заволодіватиہتھیانا، ضبط کرناbắt giữ查获

n ˈseizure [-ʒə]

the act of seizing seizure of property.beslagleggingإستيلاء، حَجْز، قَبْض عَلىконфискацияuchváceníkonfiskering; beslaglæggelsedie Beschlagnahmeαρπαγή, κατάσχεσηincautación, embargokonfiskeerimineمصادرهtakavarikkosaisieתְּפִיסָהकब्जा, जब्तीuzimanje u posjed, zapljenalefoglaláspenyitaanaðförconfisca差し押え몰수(물)konfiskavimaskonfiskācija; sagrābšana; (pilsētas) ieņemšanarampasanbeslagleggingpågripelse, beslagleggelsekonfiskata, zajęcieapreensãoacaparare, confiscareзахват; конфискацияuchváteniezaplembazaplenabeslagtagandeการยึดel koyma, haciz查獲захват, захопленняضبط کرنے کا عملsự chiếm đoạt查获

seize on

to accept with enthusiasm I suggested a cycling holiday, and he seized on the idea.entoesiasties aanvaarيَقْبَل الفِكْرَه بِحَماسприемам с готовностchytit se tohovære straks med påbegeistert aufgreifenδέχομαι με ενθουσιασμόaceptar con entusiasmoinnustumaغنيمت شمردنinnostuasauter surלִקפוֹץ עַל הַהִזדַמנוּתतुरंत स्वीकार कर लेनाprihvatiti s oduševljenjemkap vminantusiashenda á loftiaccettare (subito)とびつく기꺼이 받아들이다nusitverti (minties)pieķerties (domai)terus bersetujuaangrijpengripe med iverpodchwycićaceitara accepta cu entuziasmухватиться заchytiť sa (čoho)pograbitiprihvatitinappa påยอมรับอย่างกระตือรือร้นfırsatı ganimet bilmek利用схопитися заخوشی سے قبول کرناchộp lấy利用

seize up

(of machinery etc) to get stuck and stop working The car seized up yesterday.ophou werkيتَوَقَّف عن العَمَلзаяждамzadřít segå i ståsich festfahrenπαθαίνω εμπλοκή και παύω να λειτουργώ (για μηχανή)agarrotarse, paralizarseüles ütlema, seiskumaقفل كردن؛گريپاژ كردنleikata kiinni(se) bloquerלְהִתקַלקֵלजमा हो जाना, रुक जानाzapeti, blokiratibesül, lerobbanmogokfestast, læsast; bræða úr sérbloccarsi, andare in tilt止まるužsikirstiieķīlēties; iestrēgtterhentivastlopensette seg fast, henge seg oppzablokować się, zacinać sięavariara nu mai funcţionaзаедать, застреватьzadrieť saustaviti sepokvariti sehaka upp sig, skära ihop(เครื่องยนต์) ติดด้วยร้อนจัดçalışmamak失靈застряватиکام کرنا بند کر دیناtrở nên bị kẹt, bị tắt máy失灵

seize is spelt with -ei- (not -ie- ).