A Quick and Simple Dictionary

seize

1. Verb.  (transitive) to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
2. Verb.  (transitive) to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
3. Verb.  (transitive) to take possession of (by force, law etc.).
4. Verb.  (transitive) to have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
5. Verb.  (transitive, nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
6. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) to fasten, fix.
7. Verb.  (intransitive) to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ (term, on) or (term, upon) ).
8. Verb.  (intransitive) to have a seizure.
9. Verb.  (intransitive) to bind or lock in position immovably; see also '''seize up'''.