seize

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• /ˈsiːz/
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• [ˈsɪi̯z]
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• rhymes with -iːz
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• homophone: seas
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• homophone: sees
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• homophone: seise
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Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir (“to take possession of; invest (person, court)”), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“to lay claim to, appropriate”) (8th century) in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Old Low Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring legal action”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną, *sakōną (compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *sakaną (compare Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”), Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”), Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”). Cognate to sake and Latin sāgiō (“to perceive acutely”).

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِسْتَوْلَى عَلَى (ʔistawlā ʕalā) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Armenian: գրավել (gravel) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Burmese: ဖမ်း (hpam:) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Catalan: apoderar-se — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓獲 /抓获 (zhuāhuò) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Chinese Mandarin: 攫取 (juéqǔ) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Chinese Mandarin: 捕獲 /捕获 (bǔhuò) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Ngazidja Comorian: uzingara — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Ngazidja Comorian: usiha — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Czech: popadnout — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Czech: uchvátit — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Czech: lapit — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Danish: gribe — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Dutch: grijpen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Dutch: vangen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Dutch: pakken — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Egyptian: iTi (jṯj) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Esperanto: kapti — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Finnish: tarttua — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Finnish: käydä käsiksi — deliberately take hold of, grab
• French: saisir — deliberately take hold of, grab
• French: se saisir de — deliberately take hold of, grab
• North Frisian: gripe — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Galician: agarrar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Galician: apreixar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• German: ergreifen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• German: fassen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• German: greifen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (greipan) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (dissitan) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Ancient Greek: ἁρπάζω (harpázō) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Ancient Greek: συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Hebrew: תפס (tafás) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Hungarian: megfog — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Hungarian: megragad — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Icelandic: grípa — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Italian: prendere — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Italian: afferrare — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Japanese: 捉える (toraeru) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Japanese: つかむ (tsukamu) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Korean: 붙잡다 (butjapda) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Latin: capiō — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Latin: possideō — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Latin: prehendō — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Macedonian: згра́пчи (zgrápči) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Mirandese: agarrar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Norwegian: gripe — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Old English: niman — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tomar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Plautdietsch: faustnämen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Plautdietsch: jriepen — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Polish: chwycić — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Polish: złapać — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Polish: chwytać — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Polish: łapać — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Portuguese: agarrar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Portuguese: capturar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Portuguese: apanhar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Romagnol: abranchêr — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Romagnol: branchêr — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Russian: захва́тывать (zaxvátyvatʹ) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Russian: захвати́ть (zaxvatítʹ) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Russian: схва́тывать (sxvátyvatʹ) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Sanskrit: घिण्णते (ghiṇṇate) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Shan: ယွပ်း (yáup) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Spanish: agarrar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Spanish: apoderarse de — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Spanish: apresar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Spanish: aferrar — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Swedish: gripa — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Swedish: fånga — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Swedish: tillskansa — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Thai: คว้า (kwáa) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Tibetan: བཟུང (bzung) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Tibetan: འཛིན ('dzin) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Tocharian B: eṅk- — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Turkish: kapmak — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Ottoman Turkish: استولی علی (istevli ele) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Ottoman Turkish: پنچهلمك (pençelemek) — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Volapük: gleipön — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Walloon: apicî — deliberately take hold of, grab
• Bulgarian: възползвам се (vǎzpolzvam se) — take advantage of
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓住 (zhuāzhù) — take advantage of
• Czech: chopit se pf příležitosti — take advantage of
• Danish: gribe — take advantage of
• Dutch: grijpen — take advantage of
• Dutch: aangrijpen — take advantage of
• Finnish: tarttua (tilaisuuteen) — take advantage of
• Finnish: käyttää hyväkseen — take advantage of
• French: saisir — take advantage of
• Galician: aproveitar — take advantage of
• German: packen — take advantage of
• German: ergreifen — take advantage of
• Italian: approfittare — take advantage of
• Italian: sfruttare — take advantage of
• Latin: carpo — take advantage of
• Macedonian: иско́ристи (iskóristi) — take advantage of
• Norwegian: gripe — take advantage of
• Portuguese: aproveitar — take advantage of
• Portuguese: valer-se de — take advantage of
• Spanish: aprovechar (se de) — take advantage of
• Thai: ฉวย (chǔai) — take advantage of
• Belarusian: захо́пліваць (zaxóplivacʹ) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Belarusian: захапі́ць (zaxapícʹ) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Bulgarian: завземам (zavzemam) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Bulgarian: завладявам (zavladjavam) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Catalan: confiscar — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Chinese Cantonese: 檢取 /检取 (gim2 ceoi2) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒收 /没收 (mòshōu) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 繳獲 /缴获 (jiǎohuò) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 奪取 /夺取 (duóqǔ) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 檢取 /检取 (jiǎnqǔ) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Czech: uchvátit — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Czech: zabavit — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Czech: zkonfiskovat — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Danish: beslaglægge — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Dutch: in beslag nemen — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Dutch: beslag leggen op — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Esperanto: konfiski — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Finnish: takavarikoida — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Finnish: ottaa haltuun — take possession of by force, law etc.
• French: saisir — take possession of by force, law etc.
• French: s'emparer de — take possession of by force, law etc.
• German: beschlagnahmen — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Ancient Greek: μάρπτω (márptō) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Hebrew: הפקיע (hifkía) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Irish: urghabh — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Macedonian: за́земе (zázeme) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Macedonian: завла́дее (zavládee) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Macedonian: за́плени (zápleni) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Māori: herepū — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Māori: kōhaki — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Old English: fōn — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Portuguese: apreender — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Russian: захва́тывать (zaxvátyvatʹ) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Russian: захвати́ть (zaxvatítʹ) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Spanish: incautar (se de) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Spanish: requisar — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Spanish: decomisar — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Spanish: comisar — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Swedish: konfiskera — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Swedish: beslagta — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Thai: ยึด (yʉ́t) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Thai: ริบ (ríp) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Turkish: el koymak — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Turkish: koymak — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Ukrainian: захо́плювати (zaxópljuvaty) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Ukrainian: захопи́ти (zaxopýty) — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Walloon: saizi — take possession of by force, law etc.
• Bulgarian: обземам (obzemam) — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Finnish: iskeä — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Finnish: säväyttää — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• French: saisir — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• German: erfassen — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• German: packen — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• German: ergreifen — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Macedonian: за́фати (záfati) — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Macedonian: о́бземе (óbzeme) — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Macedonian: о́пфати (ópfati) — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Portuguese: tomar conta de — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Portuguese: apoderar-se de — have a sudden and powerful effect upon
• Finnish: rihmata — nautical: bind, lash or make fast with several turns of small rope
• Finnish: kiinnittää — fasten, fix
• Finnish: pitää otteessaan — lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws
• Czech: mít záchvat — have a seizure
• Czech: dostat záchvat — have a seizure
• Finnish: saada kohtaus — have a seizure
• German: krampfen — have a seizure
• Portuguese: convulsionar — have a seizure
• Portuguese: convulsionar-se — have a seizure
• Portuguese: convulsar — have a seizure
• Portuguese: convelir — have a seizure
• Spanish: convulsionar — have a seizure
• Unami: òhchipisi — have a seizure
• Bulgarian: заяждам (zajaždam) — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• Finnish: juuttua — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• Finnish: jumittua — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• Finnish: leikata kiinni — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• French: se gripper — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• German: stocken — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• German: festgehen — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• Māori: parerori — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• Swedish: skära — bind or lock in position — see also seize up
• Finnish: alistaa — submit for consideration to a deliberative body
• Finnish: jämähtää — cooking: change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard texture