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- Seizing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Seize
- Seizing - n. - The act of taking or grasping suddenly.
- Seizing - n. - The operation of fastening together or lashing.
- Seizing - n. - The cord or lashing used for such fastening.
- Catching - n. - The act of seizing or taking hold of.
- Vine - n. - Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- Rapacious - a. - Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
- Reseizure - n. - A second seizure; the act of seizing again.
- Prensation - n. - The act of seizing with violence.
- Grapple - v. t. - A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
- Apprehension - n. - The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
- Rapture - n. - A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
- Raid - n. - An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
- Rape - n. - The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
- Distraint - n. - The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
- Apprehension - n. - The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
- Raptorial - a. - Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
- Capture - n. - 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.
- Surprise - n. - The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
- Bite - v. - The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.
- Levy - v. i. - To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
- Usurpation - n. - The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
- Grasp - n. - Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
- Trussing - n. - The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air.
- Rapine - n. - The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
- Nip - n. - A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
- Impressment - n. - The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.
- Kingfisher - n. - Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
- Nippers - n. pl. - A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.
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