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Verb [English]

IPA: /siːz/ Audio: en-us-seize.ogg Forms: seizes [present, singular, third-person], seizing [participle, present], seized [participle, past], seized [past]
enPR: sēz Rhymes: -iːz Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|seisen}} Middle English seisen, {{der|en|fro|seisir||to take possession of; invest (person, court)}} Old French seisir (“to take possession of; invest (person, court)”), {{der|en|la-eme|sacio|sacīre|to lay claim to, appropriate}} Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“to lay claim to, appropriate”), {{der|en|frk|*sakjan||to sue, bring legal action}} Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring legal action”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sakjaną}} Proto-Germanic *sakjaną, {{cog|ang|sacian||to strive, brawl}} Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*sakaną}} Proto-Germanic *sakaną, {{cog|osx|sakan||to accuse}} Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”), {{cog|goh|sahhan||to bicker, quarrel, rebuke}} Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”), {{cog|ang|sacan||to quarrel, claim by law, accuse}} Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”), {{cog|la|sāgiō||to perceive acutely}} Latin sāgiō (“to perceive acutely”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)
  1. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture. Tags: transitive Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip, grasp Translations (deliberately take hold of, grab): ἁρπάζω (harpázō) (Ancient Greek), συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō) (Ancient Greek), إِسْتَوْلَى عَلَى (ʔistawlā ʕalā) (Arabic), գրավել (gravel) (Armenian), ধরা (dhora) (Bengali), хващам (hvaštam) (Bulgarian), ဖမ်း (hpam:) (Burmese), apoderar-se (Catalan), 抓獲 (Chinese Mandarin), 抓获 (zhuāhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 攫取 (juéqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 捕獲 (Chinese Mandarin), 捕获 (bǔhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), popadnout [perfective] (Czech), uchvátit [perfective] (Czech), lapit [perfective] (Czech), gribe (Danish), grijpen (Dutch), vangen (Dutch), pakken (Dutch), авалаш (avalaš) (Eastern Mari), авалташ (avaltaš) (Eastern Mari), iTi (jṯj) (Egyptian), kapti (Esperanto), tarttua (Finnish), käydä käsiksi (Finnish), saisir (French), se saisir de (French), agarrar (Galician), apreixar (Galician), ergreifen (German), fassen (German), greifen (German), 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (greipan) (Gothic), 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (dissitan) (Gothic), megfog (Hungarian), megragad (Hungarian), grípa (Icelandic), prendere (Italian), afferrare (Italian), 捉える (toraeru) (alt: とらえる) (Japanese), つかむ (tsukamu) (Japanese), 붙잡다 (butjapda) (Korean), capiō (Latin), possideō (Latin), prehendō (Latin), згра́пчи (zgrápči) (Macedonian), agarrar (Mirandese), uzingara (Ngazidja Comorian), usiha (Ngazidja Comorian), gripe (North Frisian), gripe (Norwegian), niman (Old English), tomar (Old Portuguese), استولی علی (istevli ele) (Ottoman Turkish), پنچهلمك (pençelemek) (Ottoman Turkish), faustnämen (Plautdietsch), jriepen (Plautdietsch), chwycić [perfective] (Polish), złapać (Polish), chwytać [imperfective] (Polish), łapać [imperfective] (Polish), agarrar (Portuguese), capturar (Portuguese), apanhar (Portuguese), abranchêr (Romagnol), branchêr (Romagnol), захва́тывать (zaxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), захвати́ть (zaxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), схва́тывать (sxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), घिण्णते (ghiṇṇate) (Sanskrit), ယွပ်း (yáup) (Shan), agarrar (Spanish), apoderarse de (Spanish), apresar (Spanish), aferrar (Spanish), gripa (Swedish), fånga (Swedish), tillskansa (Swedish), คว้า (kwáa) (Thai), eṅk- (Tocharian B), kapmak (Turkish), gleipön (Volapük), apicî (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-twcYxKfB Disambiguation of 'deliberately take hold of, grab': 63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1
  2. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance). Tags: transitive Synonyms: jump on Translations (take advantage of): възползвам се (vǎzpolzvam se) (Bulgarian), 抓住 (zhuāzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), chopit se pf příležitosti (Czech), gribe (Danish), grijpen (Dutch), aangrijpen (Dutch), tarttua (tilaisuuteen) (Finnish), käyttää hyväkseen (Finnish), saisir (French), aproveitar (Galician), packen (German), ergreifen (German), approfittare (Italian), sfruttare (Italian), carpo (Latin), иско́ристи (iskóristi) (Macedonian), gripe (Norwegian), aproveitar (Portuguese), valer-se de (Portuguese), tomar (Spanish), aprovecharse de (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-uz5ZVhza Disambiguation of 'take advantage of': 4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1
  3. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.). Tags: transitive Synonyms: arrogate, commandeer, confiscate Translations (take possession of by force, law etc.): μάρπτω (márptō) (Ancient Greek), захо́пліваць (zaxóplivacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), захапі́ць (zaxapícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), завземам (zavzemam) (Bulgarian), завладявам (zavladjavam) (Bulgarian), confiscar (Catalan), 檢取 (Chinese Cantonese), 检取 (gim² ceoi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 沒收 (Chinese Mandarin), 没收 (mòshōu) (Chinese Mandarin), 繳獲 (Chinese Mandarin), 缴获 (jiǎohuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 奪取 (Chinese Mandarin), 夺取 (duóqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 檢取 (Chinese Mandarin), 检取 (jiǎnqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), uchvátit (Czech), zabavit [perfective] (Czech), zkonfiskovat (Czech), beslaglægge (Danish), in beslag nemen (Dutch), beslag leggen op (Dutch), konfiski (Esperanto), takavarikoida (Finnish), ottaa haltuun (Finnish), saisir (French), s’emparer de (French), beschlagnahmen (German), urghabh (Irish), за́земе (zázeme) (Macedonian), завла́дее (zavládee) (Macedonian), за́плени (zápleni) (Macedonian), herepū (Maori), fōn (Old English), apreender (Portuguese), захва́тывать (zaxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), захвати́ть (zaxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), confiscar (Spanish), incautar (se de) (Spanish), requisar (Spanish), decomisar (Spanish), comisar (Spanish), konfiskera (Swedish), beslagta (Swedish), el koymak (Turkish), koymak (Turkish), захо́плювати (zaxópljuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), захопи́ти (zaxopýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), saizi (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-EboK6pRL Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 4 10 3 13 20 2 5 5 17 6 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 3 13 2 13 22 1 2 2 24 5 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 5 12 3 12 23 2 3 3 20 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 5 10 3 12 24 2 3 3 21 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations: 1 3 15 1 17 26 0 1 1 24 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 6 12 2 16 21 2 2 2 18 6 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 12 3 11 24 2 3 3 21 3 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 12 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 4 6 Disambiguation of 'take possession of by force, law etc.': 3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1
  4. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon. Tags: transitive Translations (have a sudden and powerful effect upon): обземам (obzemam) (Bulgarian), iskeä [with-illative] (Finnish), säväyttää (Finnish), saisir (French), erfassen (German), packen (German), ergreifen (German), за́фати (záfati) (Macedonian), о́бземе (óbzeme) (Macedonian), о́пфати (ópfati) (Macedonian), tomar conta de (Portuguese), apoderar-se de (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-ZOL0Gfi6 Disambiguation of 'have a sudden and powerful effect upon': 0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1
  5. (transitive, law) Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, transitive Alternative form of: seise (extra: to vest ownership of an estate in land) Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-VT6tP0Gl Categories (other): Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with North Frisian translations, Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 3 5 10 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 4 10 3 13 20 2 5 5 17 6 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 3 13 2 13 22 1 2 2 24 5 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 6 10 4 11 21 3 4 4 18 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 6 10 3 10 20 3 4 3 19 4 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 5 12 3 12 23 2 3 3 20 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 4 9 3 13 20 2 3 3 17 6 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 5 10 3 12 24 2 3 3 21 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with North Frisian translations: 3 4 9 3 17 17 1 3 3 13 14 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations: 1 3 15 1 17 26 0 1 1 24 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 6 12 2 16 21 2 2 2 18 6 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 12 3 11 24 2 3 3 21 3 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 12 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 4 10 3 14 22 2 3 3 19 7 5 6 Topics: law
  6. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: bind, lash or make fast with several turns of small rope): rihmata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-dWEnJHWI Categories (other): English calculator words, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mirandese translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with North Frisian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romagnol translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Shan translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English 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Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 3 5 10 3 14 23 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 5 10 3 15 22 2 3 3 16 8 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 5 10 3 12 24 2 3 3 21 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 5 12 3 12 25 2 3 3 18 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 5 10 3 14 23 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 5 10 3 12 25 2 3 3 18 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 5 10 3 14 23 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 4 9 3 12 19 2 6 6 14 11 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 5 10 3 14 23 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mirandese translations: 3 5 10 3 13 23 2 3 3 17 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 3 5 10 3 13 23 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with North Frisian translations: 3 4 9 3 17 17 1 3 3 13 14 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 4 12 3 14 22 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 3 4 10 2 16 22 2 3 3 12 10 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations: 1 3 15 1 17 26 0 1 1 24 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 4 12 4 14 20 2 3 2 15 8 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 2 3 10 1 17 29 1 2 2 22 4 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 5 9 3 12 19 3 6 6 13 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 6 12 2 16 21 2 2 2 18 6 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romagnol translations: 3 5 10 3 13 24 2 3 3 17 7 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 12 3 11 24 2 3 3 21 3 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 3 5 10 3 13 23 2 3 3 17 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Shan translations: 3 5 10 3 14 23 2 3 3 16 8 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 5 10 3 12 25 3 3 3 19 3 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 12 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 3 4 10 3 16 22 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 1 2 11 1 17 34 0 1 1 22 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 5 10 3 14 23 2 3 3 16 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 4 10 3 14 22 2 3 3 19 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 3 5 10 3 12 24 2 4 3 18 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 3 5 11 3 13 23 2 3 3 17 5 5 7 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: bind, lash or make fast with several turns of small rope': 3 2 5 0 6 61 4 2 1 10 1 3 3
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (fasten, fix): kiinnittää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-blq6i1Nc Disambiguation of 'fasten, fix': 2 2 2 0 1 7 77 2 1 3 1 2 1
  8. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon). Tags: intransitive Translations (lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws): pitää otteessaan (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-b-~UrFvI Disambiguation of 'lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws': 5 3 3 0 2 3 2 59 14 4 2 3 1
  9. (intransitive) To have a seizure. Tags: intransitive Translations (have a seizure): mít záchvat [imperfective] (Czech), dostat záchvat [perfective] (Czech), saada kohtaus (Finnish), krampfen (German), convulsionar (Portuguese), convulsionar-se (Portuguese), convulsar (Portuguese), convelir (Portuguese), convulsionar (english: se) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-dMVeKrcK Disambiguation of 'have a seizure': 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 15 68 2 1 2 1
  10. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up. Tags: intransitive Translations (bind or lock in position): заяждам (zajaždam) (Bulgarian), juuttua (Finnish), jumittua (Finnish), leikata kiinni (note: of a motor or machine) (Finnish), se gripper (note: of a motor or other machine) (French), stocken (German), festgehen (German), parerori (note: as with muscles during a cramp) (Maori), skära (note: of a motor) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-MzOlSHUn Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with North Frisian translations, Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 4 14 3 10 19 2 3 3 25 3 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 3 5 10 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 4 10 3 13 20 2 5 5 17 6 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 3 13 2 13 22 1 2 2 24 5 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 6 10 4 11 21 3 4 4 18 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 6 10 3 10 20 3 4 3 19 4 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 5 12 3 12 23 2 3 3 20 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 4 9 3 13 20 2 3 3 17 6 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 5 10 3 12 24 2 3 3 21 3 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with North Frisian translations: 3 4 9 3 17 17 1 3 3 13 14 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations: 1 3 15 1 17 26 0 1 1 24 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 6 12 2 16 21 2 2 2 18 6 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 12 3 11 24 2 3 3 21 3 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 12 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 4 10 3 14 22 2 3 3 19 7 5 6 Disambiguation of 'bind or lock in position': 3 4 4 0 4 8 3 5 2 60 2 3 2
  11. (UK, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body. Tags: UK, intransitive Translations (submit for consideration to a deliberative body): alistaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-3kziuMYd Categories (other): British English, Terms with North Frisian translations Disambiguation of Terms with North Frisian translations: 3 4 9 3 17 17 1 3 3 13 14 6 7 Disambiguation of 'submit for consideration to a deliberative body': 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 85 2 1
  12. (law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court). Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-elsZcTr1 Topics: law
  13. (transitive, intransitive, cooking) Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Cooking Translations (cooking: change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard texture): jämähtää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seize-en-verb-fAzOvYAS Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'cooking: change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard texture': 2 2 4 1 5 9 1 2 2 7 3 4 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: seizure

Numeral [French]

IPA: /sɛz/, [saiz] [Quebec] Audio: Fr-seize.ogg , Qc-seize.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛz Etymology: Inherited from Middle French seze, from Old French seize, seze, from Latin sēdecim. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|seze|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French seze, {{inh+|fr|frm|seze}} Inherited from Middle French seze, {{inh|fr|fro|seize}} Old French seize, {{inh|fr|la|sēdecim}} Latin sēdecim
  1. sixteen Tags: invariable Categories (topical): French cardinal numbers, Sixteen Derived forms: seizième Related terms: six, dix
    Sense id: en-seize-fr-num-8s40H9qm Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Numeral [Norman]

Audio: Jer-seize.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French seize, from Latin sēdecim. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nrf|fro|seize|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French seize, {{inh+|nrf|fro|seize}} Inherited from Old French seize, {{inh|nrf|la|sēdecim}} Latin sēdecim Head templates: {{head|nrf|numeral}} seize
  1. {cln|nrf|cardinal numbers}} (Jersey, Guernsey) sixteen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sacian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to strive, brawl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sakaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sakaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "sakan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "sahhan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to bicker, quarrel, rebuke"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sacan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to quarrel, claim by law, accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sāgiō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to perceive acutely"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sāgiō (“to perceive acutely”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seizure"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture."
      ],
      "id": "en-seize-en-verb-twcYxKfB",
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clasp"
        },
        {
          "word": "grasp"
        },
        {
          "word": "grip"
        },
        {
          "word": "grasp"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔistawlā ʕalā",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "إِسْتَوْلَى عَلَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gravel",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "գրավել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "dhora",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "ধরা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hvaštam",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "хващам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hpam:",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "ဖမ်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "apoderar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "抓獲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhuāhuò",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "抓获"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "juéqǔ",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "攫取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "捕獲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǔhuò",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "捕获"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "popadnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uchvátit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "lapit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "gribe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "grijpen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "vangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "pakken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "jṯj",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "iTi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "kapti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "tarttua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "käydä käsiksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "saisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "se saisir de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "agarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "apreixar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "ergreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "fassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "greifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "greipan",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "dissitan",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "harpázō",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "ἁρπάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sullambánō",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "συλλαμβάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "megfog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "megragad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "grípa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "prendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "afferrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "alt": "とらえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toraeru",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "捉える"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsukamu",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "つかむ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "butjapda",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "붙잡다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "capiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "possideō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "prehendō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zgrápči",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "згра́пчи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "avalaš",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "авалаш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "avaltaš",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "авалташ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "agarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "uzingara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "usiha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "North Frisian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "gripe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "gripe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "niman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "roa-opt",
          "lang": "Old Portuguese",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "tomar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "istevli ele",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "استولی علی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "pençelemek",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "پنچهلمك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "faustnämen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "jriepen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "chwycić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "złapać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "chwytać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "łapać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "agarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "capturar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "apanhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "abranchêr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "branchêr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "схва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "схвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ghiṇṇate",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "घिण्णते"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "yáup",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "ယွပ်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "agarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "apoderarse de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "apresar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "aferrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "gripa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "fånga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "tillskansa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kwáa",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "คว้า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "eṅk-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "kapmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "gleipön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 6 6 0 2 4 2 5 3 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
          "word": "apicî"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)."
      ],
      "id": "en-seize-en-verb-uz5ZVhza",
      "links": [
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jump on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎzpolzvam se",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "възползвам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhuāzhù",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "抓住"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "chopit se pf příležitosti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "gribe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "grijpen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "aangrijpen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "tarttua (tilaisuuteen)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "käyttää hyväkseen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "saisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "aproveitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "packen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "ergreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "approfittare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "sfruttare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "carpo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "iskóristi",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "иско́ристи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "gripe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "aproveitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "valer-se de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "tomar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 74 4 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take advantage of",
          "word": "aprovecharse de"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 10 3 13 20 2 5 5 17 6 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 13 2 13 22 1 2 2 24 5 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 12 3 12 23 2 3 3 20 4 5 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 10 3 12 24 2 3 3 21 3 5 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 15 1 17 26 0 1 1 24 3 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 12 2 16 21 2 2 2 18 6 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 12 3 11 24 2 3 3 21 3 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 12 3 13 22 2 3 3 19 7 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to seize smuggled goods",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to seize a ship after libeling",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take possession of (by force, law etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-seize-en-verb-EboK6pRL",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "arrogate"
        },
        {
          "word": "commandeer"
        },
        {
          "word": "confiscate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zaxóplivacʹ",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захо́пліваць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zaxapícʹ",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захапі́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zavzemam",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "завземам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zavladjavam",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "завладявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "confiscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "檢取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gim² ceoi²",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "检取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "沒收"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mòshōu",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "没收"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "繳獲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎohuò",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "缴获"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "奪取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duóqǔ",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "夺取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "檢取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnqǔ",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "检取"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "uchvátit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabavit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "zkonfiskovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "beslaglægge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "in beslag nemen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "beslag leggen op"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "konfiski"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "takavarikoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "ottaa haltuun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "saisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "s’emparer de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "beschlagnahmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "márptō",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "μάρπτω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "urghabh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zázeme",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "за́земе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zavládee",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "завла́дее"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zápleni",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "за́плени"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "herepū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "fōn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "apreender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "confiscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "incautar (se de)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "requisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "decomisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "comisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "konfiskera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "beslagta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "el koymak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "koymak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxópljuvaty",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захо́плювати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxopýty",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захопи́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 74 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
          "word": "saizi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a panic seized the crowd",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a fever seized him",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11:",
          "text": "This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a sudden and powerful effect upon."
      ],
      "id": "en-seize-en-verb-ZOL0Gfi6",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obzemam",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "word": "обземам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "tags": [
            "with-illative"
          ],
          "word": "iskeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "word": "säväyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "word": "saisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "word": "erfassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "word": "packen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
          "word": "ergreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 92 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "seizure"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clasp"
        },
        {
          "word": "grasp"
        },
        {
          "word": "grip"
        },
        {
          "word": "grasp"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jump on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to seize smuggled goods",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to seize a ship after libeling",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take possession of (by force, law etc.)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "arrogate"
        },
        {
          "word": "commandeer"
        },
        {
          "word": "confiscate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a panic seized the crowd",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a fever seized him",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11:",
          "text": "This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a sudden and powerful effect upon."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to vest ownership of an estate in land",
          "word": "seise"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "seise",
          "seise#English"
        ],
        [
          "ownership",
          "ownership"
        ],
        [
          "estate in land",
          "estate in land"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law) Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to seize two fish-hooks back to back",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to seize or stop one rope on to another",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
        ],
        [
          "lash",
          "lash"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fasten, fix."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fasten",
          "fasten"
        ],
        [
          "fix",
          "fix"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to seize on the neck of a horse",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1830, Robert Southey, Bunyan, page 21:",
          "text": "The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seizure",
          "seizure"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician:",
          "text": "Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a seizure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seizure",
          "seizure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have a seizure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
        ],
        [
          "lock",
          "lock"
        ],
        [
          "immovably",
          "immovably"
        ],
        [
          "seize up",
          "seize up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To submit for consideration to a deliberative body."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This Court will remain seized of this matter.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Cooking"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Martha Holmberg, Modern Sauces: More Than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day, page 235:",
          "text": "Chocolate seizes if a small amount of water (or watery liquid such as brandy) finds its way into the chocolate while it is melting. […] If chocolate seizes, it will look grainy and matte rather than glossy and smooth.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "chocolate",
          "chocolate"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "gritty",
          "gritty"
        ],
        [
          "texture",
          "texture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, cooking) Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "sēz"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːz/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-seize.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-us-seize.ogg/En-us-seize.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-seize.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːz"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seas"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sees"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔistawlā ʕalā",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "إِسْتَوْلَى عَلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gravel",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "գրավել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dhora",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "ধরা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvaštam",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "хващам"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hpam:",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "ဖမ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "apoderar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "抓獲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuāhuò",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "抓获"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juéqǔ",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "攫取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "捕獲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǔhuò",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "捕获"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "popadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uchvátit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "lapit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "gribe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "grijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "vangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "pakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jṯj",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "iTi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "kapti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "tarttua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "käydä käsiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "saisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "se saisir de"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "agarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "apreixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "fassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "greifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "greipan",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "dissitan",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "harpázō",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "ἁρπάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sullambánō",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "συλλαμβάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "megfog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "megragad"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "grípa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "prendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "afferrare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とらえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toraeru",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "捉える"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsukamu",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "つかむ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "butjapda",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "붙잡다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "capiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "possideō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "prehendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zgrápči",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "згра́пчи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "avalaš",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "авалаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "avaltaš",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "авалташ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "agarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "uzingara"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "usiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "gripe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "gripe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "niman"
    },
    {
      "code": "roa-opt",
      "lang": "Old Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "tomar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "istevli ele",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "استولی علی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "pençelemek",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "پنچهلمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "faustnämen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "jriepen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "chwycić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "złapać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chwytać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "łapać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "agarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "capturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "apanhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "abranchêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "branchêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "схва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ghiṇṇate",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "घिण्णते"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "yáup",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "ယွပ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "agarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "apoderarse de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "apresar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "aferrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "gripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "fånga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "tillskansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwáa",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "คว้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "eṅk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "kapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "gleipön"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "deliberately take hold of, grab",
      "word": "apicî"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzpolzvam se",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "възползвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuāzhù",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "抓住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "chopit se pf příležitosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "gribe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "grijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "aangrijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "tarttua (tilaisuuteen)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "käyttää hyväkseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "saisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "aproveitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "packen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "approfittare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "sfruttare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "carpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "iskóristi",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "иско́ристи"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "gripe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "aproveitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "valer-se de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "tomar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take advantage of",
      "word": "aprovecharse de"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaxóplivacʹ",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захо́пліваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaxapícʹ",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захапі́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavzemam",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "завземам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavladjavam",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "завладявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "confiscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "檢取"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gim² ceoi²",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "检取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "沒收"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mòshōu",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "没收"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "繳獲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎohuò",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "缴获"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "奪取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duóqǔ",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "夺取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "檢取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnqǔ",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "检取"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "uchvátit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "zkonfiskovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "beslaglægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "in beslag nemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "beslag leggen op"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "konfiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "takavarikoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "ottaa haltuun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "saisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "s’emparer de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "beschlagnahmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "márptō",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "μάρπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "urghabh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zázeme",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "за́земе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zavládee",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "завла́дее"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zápleni",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "за́плени"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "herepū"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "fōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "apreender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "confiscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "incautar (se de)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "requisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "decomisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "comisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "konfiskera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "beslagta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "el koymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "koymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxópljuvaty",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захо́плювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxopýty",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захопи́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "take possession of by force, law etc.",
      "word": "saizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obzemam",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "обземам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "tags": [
        "with-illative"
      ],
      "word": "iskeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "säväyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "saisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "erfassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "packen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záfati",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "за́фати"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óbzeme",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "о́бземе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ópfati",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "о́пфати"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "tomar conta de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have a sudden and powerful effect upon",
      "word": "apoderar-se de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: bind, lash or make fast with several turns of small rope",
      "word": "rihmata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fasten, fix",
      "word": "kiinnittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws",
      "word": "pitää otteessaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mít záchvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dostat záchvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "saada kohtaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "krampfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "convulsionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "convulsionar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "convulsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "convelir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "se",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "have a seizure",
      "word": "convulsionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zajaždam",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "заяждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "juuttua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "jumittua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of a motor or machine",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "leikata kiinni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "of a motor or other machine",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "se gripper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "stocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "festgehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "as with muscles during a cramp",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "parerori"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "of a motor",
      "sense": "bind or lock in position",
      "word": "skära"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "submit for consideration to a deliberative body",
      "word": "alistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cooking: change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard texture",
      "word": "jämähtää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seize"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "seizième"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "sèz"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: sèz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: sèz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "sèz"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: sèz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: sèz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
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