Seizure

  • 51seizure — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act, action, or process of seizing ; the state of being seized b. the taking possession of person or property by legal process 2. a. a sudden attack (as of disease); especially the physical manifestations (as… …

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  • 52seizure — /see zheuhr/, n. 1. the act or an instance of seizing. 2. the state of being seized. 3. a taking possession of an item, property, or person legally or by force. 4. a sudden attack, as of epilepsy or some other disease. [1475 85; SEIZE + URE] * *… …

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  • 53seizure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. confiscation, appropriation, arrest, capture; attack, fit, spell, stroke. See acquisition, disease, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Capture] Syn. seizing, taking, apprehending; see capture . 2. [A… …

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  • 54seizure — sei·zure || sɪːʒə(r) n. sudden attack of disease (such as epilepsy); expropriation, confiscation; instance of taking control …

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  • 55seizure n — Roman emperor …

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  • 56seizure — noun 1》 the action of seizing. 2》 a sudden attack of illness, especially a stroke or an epileptic fit …

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  • 57seizure — n. 1. Taking, catching, griping, grasping, capture, appropriation. 2. Retention, possession, hold, grasp, gripe …

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  • 58seizure — n 1. forceful possession, grasping, grabbing, snatching; capture, apprehension, interception; appropriation, confiscation, Law. sequestration, usurpation; takeover, Law. attachment, annexation, acquisition; dispossession, Law. disseizin, Law.… …

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  • 59seizure — sei·zure …

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  • 60seizure — [ˈsiːʒə] noun 1) [C/U] the action of taking something, or of taking control of something, using power or force 2) [C] a sudden attack of an illness that makes your body shake …

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