Definition of seized

"seized" in the verb sense

1. seize, prehend, clutch

take hold of grab

"The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"

"She clutched her purse"

"The mother seized her child by the arm"

"Birds of prey often seize small mammals"

2. seize

take or capture by force

"The terrorists seized the politicians"

"The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"

3. appropriate, capture, seize, conquer

take possession of by force, as after an invasion

"the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"

"The army seized the town"

"The militia captured the castle"

4. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

"The FBI seized the drugs"

"The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"

"The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

5. assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one's right or possession

"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"

"he usurped my rights"

"She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

6. seize

hook by a pull on the line

"strike a fish"

7. seize, clutch, get hold of

affect

"Fear seized the prisoners"

"The patient was seized with unbearable pains"

"He was seized with a dreadful disease"

8. grab, seize

capture the attention or imagination of

"This story will grab you"

"The movie seized my imagination"

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Quotations for seized

What madness has seized you? [ Virgil ]

Unprovoked and calm
You reason well, see as you ought to see,
And wonder at the madness of mankind:
Seized with the common rage, you soon forget
The speculations of your wiser hours. [ Armstrong ]

The multitude unawed is insolent; Once seized with fear, contemptible and vain. [ Mallet ]

Where are the forms the sculptor's soul hath seized? In him alone. Can nature show as fair? [ Byron ]

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. [ Pliny ]

Fiction is no longer a mere amusement; but transcendent genius, accommodating itself to the character of the age, has seized upon this province of literature, and turned fiction from a toy into a mighty engine. [ Channing ]

Courtship is a fine bowling-green turf, all galloping round and sweethearting, a sunshine holiday in summer time; but when once through matrimony's turnpike, the weather becomes wintry, and some husbands are seized with a cold, aguish fit, to which the faculty give the name of indifference. [ G. A. Stevens ]

I was walking in the street, a beggar stopped me, — a frail old man. His inflamed, tearful eyes, blue lips, rough rags, disgusting sores . . . oh, how horribly poverty had disfigured the unhappy creature! He stretched out to me his red, swollen, filthy hand. He groaned and whimpered for alms. I felt in all my pockets. No purse, watch, or handkerchief did I find. I had left them all at home. The beggar waited and his out-stretched hand twitched and trembled slightly. Embarrassed and confused, I seized his dirty hand and pressed it. Don't be vexed with me, brother; I have nothing with me, brother. The beggar raised his bloodshot eyes to mine; his blue lips smiled, and he returned the pressure of my chilled fingers. Never mind, brother, stammered he; thank you for this — this, too, was a gift, brother. I felt that I, too, had received a gift from my brother. [ Ivan Tourgueneff ]

seized in Scrabble®

The word seized is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters seized:

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seized in Words With Friends™

The word seized is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters seized:

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Words within the letters of seized

2 letter words in seized (2 words)

3 letter words in seized (7 words)

4 letter words in seized (8 words)

5 letter words in seized (2 words)

6 letter words in seized (1 word)

seized + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence seized

Words that start with seized (1 word)

Words with seized in them (1 word)

Words that end with seized (3 words)

Word Growth involving seized

Shorter words in seized

seize

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Longer words containing seized

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unseized