Seize: alternatives and connections

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

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To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

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To take or seize; to take hold of.

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Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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See Clinch.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a do…

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To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging…

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Jet, the mineral.

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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

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The griffin.

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To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.

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The summit of an eminence.

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to crui…

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To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

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Same as Arrack.

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A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

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A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is…

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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

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To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

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To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

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of Overcome

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To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.

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To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

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To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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Taken.

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To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…

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To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection…

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The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection…

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The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.

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The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.

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The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

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The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

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Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

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To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

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To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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To lay hold of; to seize.

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To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…

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