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a.
That may be seized.
p. pl.
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Seize
n.
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, a throne, etc.
v. t.
Seizin; possession.
n.
One who, or that which, seizes.
n.
That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Seize
n.
Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.
v. t.
To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
v. t.
To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
v. t.
To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
v. t.
To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
v. i.
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
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.
v. t.
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 the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
n.
One who seizes, or takes possession.
a.
Seized or caught up.
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