5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.] As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. Spenser.
6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
7. (Naut.)
Defn: To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
Note: This word, by writers on law, is commonly written seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as also, in composition, disseise, disseisin. To be seized of, to have possession, or right of possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the manor of Dale. "Whom age might see seized of what youth made prize." Chapman. — To seize on or upon, to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly.
Syn. — To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture.
SEIZER
Seiz"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, seizes.
SEIZIN
Sei"zin, n. Etym: [F. saisine. See Seize.]
1. (Law)