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Definition seize

Etymology

Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir (�to take possession of; invest (person, court)�), from Medieval Latin sac?re (�to lay claim to, appropriate�) (8th century) in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Old Low Frankish *sakjan (�to sue, bring legal action�), from Proto-Germanic *sakjan?, *sak?n? (compare Old English sacian (�to strive, brawl�)), from Proto-Germanic *sakan? (compare Old Saxon sakan (�to accuse�), Old High German sahhan (�to bicker, quarrel, rebuke�), Old English sacan (�to quarrel, claim by law, accuse�). Cognate to sake and Latin sagio (�to perceive acutely�).

Verb

seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)

(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
(transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
(transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
(transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
(transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
(transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
(intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
(intransitive) To have a seizure.
(intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
(Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
(law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).

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11 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

ACCESSORIZE 26

AEROSOLIZED 22

AEROSOLIZES 21

ALLEGORIZES 24

ANESTHETIZE 23

ANTIFREEZES 24

ANTISEIZURE 22

APOTHEOSIZE 25

BENZOCAINES 28

BESTIALIZED 25

BESTIALIZES 24

BIZARRENESS 24

BIZARRERIES 23

BOLSHEVIZED 31

BOLSHEVIZES 30

BOWDLERIZES 28

CARAMELIZES 27

CATECHIZERS 28

CATEGORIZES 25

CENTRALIZES 25

CHANNELIZES 28

CHIMPANZEES 32

CINEMATIZES 27

CITIZENRIES 24

CONCERTIZES 27

CONCRETIZES 27

COSMETICIZE 29

CRAZINESSES 24

DECIMALIZES 28

DECOLONIZES 26

DECOLORIZES 25

DEFEMINIZES 28

DEFINITIZES 25

DEHUMANIZES 28

DELOCALIZES 26

DEMOBILIZES 28

DEMONETIZES 25

DEMORALIZES 25

DEODORIZERS 22

DEOXIDIZERS 29

DEPOLARIZES 25

DERIVATIZES 25

DESACRALIZE 25

DESALINIZED 24

DESALINIZES 23

DESENSITIZE 22

DESEXUALIZE 30

DESTABILIZE 25

DESULFURIZE 27

DEVITALIZES 26

DEVOCALIZES 29

DIESELIZING 25

DIZZINESSES 31

ECONOMIZERS 27

ELASTICIZED 25

EPITHELIZES 26

ETERNALIZES 22

EUPHEMIZERS 29

EVANGELIZES 28

FEDERALIZES 25

FERTILIZERS 24

FRATERNIZES 24

FUZZINESSES 34

GELATINIZES 24

GENERALIZES 24

GEOMETRIZES 25

GRECIANIZES 26

HEATHENIZES 25

HOMOGENIZES 28

HYPOTHESIZE 29

IDEOLOGIZES 24

ILLEGALIZES 25

INDIGENIZES 25

INTERMEZZOS 33

JAZZINESSES 39

JEOPARDIZES 33

KERATINIZES 25

LATERALIZES 22

LEGITIMIZES 26

LEXICALIZES 32

LIBERALIZES 25

LITERALIZES 22

LYSOGENIZED 27

LYSOGENIZES 26

MAGNETIZERS 26

MECHANIZERS 29

MESMERIZERS 26

MESMERIZING 29

METABOLIZES 27

METASTASIZE 23

MINERALIZES 25

MODERNIZERS 25

MONGRELIZES 27

MUZZINESSES 34

NEUTRALIZES 23

PALLETIZERS 25

PASTEURIZED 25

PASTEURIZER 24

PASTEURIZES 24

PELLETIZERS 25

PERSONALIZE 25

PIEZOMETERS 26

PIPERAZINES 27

POLEMICIZES 30

POLLENIZERS 26

POLYMERIZES 29

PRESSURIZED 25

PRESSURIZER 24

PRESSURIZES 24

PROSELYTIZE 26

PULVERIZERS 29

RECANALIZES 25

RECOGNIZERS 26

RECOLONIZES 25

REEMPHASIZE 28

REENERGIZES 23

REGULARIZES 24

REHUMANIZES 27

RELATIVIZES 25

REMOBILIZES 27

REMONETIZES 24

REORGANIZES 23

REPOLARIZES 24

RESENSITIZE 21

RESOCIALIZE 24

RESTABILIZE 24

REVALORIZES 25

REVITALIZES 25

RHEUMATIZES 26

RHIZOSPHERE 27

RITZINESSES 21

SCHEMATIZED 29

SCHEMATIZES 28

SCLEROTIZED 25

SECULARIZED 26

SECULARIZER 25

SECULARIZES 25

SECURITIZED 25

SECURITIZES 24

SENSITIZERS 21

SENSUALIZED 24

SENSUALIZES 23

SERMONIZERS 24

SIZABLENESS 25

SKELETONIZE 26

SLENDERIZED 24

SLENDERIZES 23

SPECIALIZED 28

SPECIALIZES 27

STERILIZERS 21

STRATEGIZED 23

STRATEGIZES 22

SUBFREEZING 30

SUBSEIZURES 25

SYMMETRIZED 29

SYMMETRIZES 28

SYNCRETIZED 27

SYNCRETIZES 26

SYNTHESIZED 26

SYNTHESIZER 25

SYNTHESIZES 25

SYSTEMATIZE 25

TEMPORIZERS 26

TENDERIZERS 22

THEOLOGIZES 25

THERMALIZES 26

TRAPEZIUSES 24

VASECTOMIZE 30

VERBALIZERS 28

WEATHERIZES 25

WESTERNIZED 25

WESTERNIZES 24

WOOZINESSES 24

ZEMINDARIES 25

10 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

ADVERTIZES 24

AEROSOLIZE 20

ALCHEMIZES 28

APPETIZERS 25

BACTERIZES 25

BENZIDINES 25

BESTIALIZE 23

BOLSHEVIZE 29

BREEZINESS 23

CARTELIZES 23

CATECHIZES 27

CAUTERIZES 23

CITIZENESS 23

COZINESSES 23

DEIONIZERS 21

DENAZIFIES 24

DEODORIZES 21

DEOXIDIZES 28

DESALINIZE 22

DIESELIZED 22

DIESELIZES 21

DOZINESSES 21

ECONOMIZES 26

EMPATHIZES 27

EMPHASIZED 28

EMPHASIZES 27

ENERGIZERS 22

EPITOMIZES 25

EPIZOOTIES 22

EPOXIDIZES 30

EQUALIZERS 30

EROTICIZES 22

ETHERIZERS 21

EULOGIZERS 23

EUPHEMIZES 28

EUTHANIZES 23

EXPERTIZES 29

FERTILIZES 23

FEUDALIZES 25

FOZINESSES 23

GEOLOGIZES 24

GERMANIZES 25

GHETTOIZES 23

GLAZIERIES 22

HAZINESSES 22

HELLENIZES 24

IDEALIZERS 21

ISOENZYMES 25

ISOMERIZED 23

ISOMERIZES 22

LAZINESSES 21

LEGALIZERS 23

LINEARIZES 21

LUTEINIZES 22

LYSOGENIZE 25

MAGNETIZES 25

MARBLEIZES 26

MAZINESSES 23

MECHANIZES 28

MECLIZINES 27

MELODIZERS 24

MEMORIZERS 25

MERCERIZES 25

MEROZOITES 22

MESMERIZED 26

MESMERIZER 25

MESMERIZES 25

METALLIZES 24

METHODIZES 25

METRICIZES 25

MEZZANINES 33

MODERNIZES 24

NEBULIZERS 25

OOZINESSES 20

OVERPRIZES 26

OZOCERITES 22

OZOKERITES 23

PALLETIZES 24

PASTEURIZE 23

PAUPERIZES 26

PELLETIZES 24

PHENAZINES 26

POETICIZES 25

PRESSURIZE 23

PULVERIZES 28

REBAPTIZES 25

RECOGNIZES 25

REOXIDIZES 27

REUTILIZES 21

RUGGEDIZES 25

SCHEMATIZE 27

SCIENTIZED 24

SCIENTIZES 23

SECULARIZE 24

SECURITIZE 23

SENSITIZED 21

SENSITIZER 20

SENSITIZES 20

SENSUALIZE 22

SERIALIZED 21

SERIALIZES 20

SERMONIZED 24

SERMONIZER 23

SERMONIZES 23

SEXUALIZED 29

SEXUALIZES 28

SIZINESSES 20

SLEAZINESS 21

SLENDERIZE 22

SOLEMNIZED 25

SOLEMNIZES 24

SOVIETIZED 24

SOVIETIZES 23

SPECIALIZE 26

STERILIZED 21

STERILIZER 20

STERILIZES 20

STRATEGIZE 21

SUBSEIZURE 24

SUPERSIZED 24

SYMMETRIZE 27

SYNCRETIZE 25

SYNTHESIZE 24

SYSTEMIZED 25

SYSTEMIZES 24

TEMPORIZES 25

TENDERIZES 21

TERRORIZES 19

TEUTONIZES 21

TEXTURIZES 27

THEORIZERS 21

UNDERSIZED 23

VERBALIZES 27

VERNALIZES 25

VIZIERATES 23

WESTERNIZE 23

WHEEZINESS 25

WINTERIZES 23

ZANINESSES 21

ZEALOTRIES 20

ZEITGEBERS 24

ZEITGEISTS 21

ZIBELLINES 25

ZOOMETRIES 22

9 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

BREEZIEST 21

CREOLIZES 22

DEIONIZES 20

DEMONIZES 23

DEPUTIZES 23

DIESELIZE 20

DIMERIZES 22

DISSEIZED 20

DISSEIZES 19

EMPHASIZE 26

ENERGIZES 21

EPIZOITES 21

EQUALIZES 29

ETERNIZES 19

ETHERIZES 20

ETHICIZES 23

EULOGIZES 22

EXORCIZES 28

FEMINIZES 25

FIBERIZES 24

FRIZETTES 21

GRAECIZES 23

HEBRAIZES 23

HEPATIZES 23

IDEALIZES 20

ISOENZYME 24

ISOMERIZE 21

ITEMIZERS 21

LATERIZES 19

LEGALIZES 22

MELANIZES 23

MELODIZES 23

MEMORIZES 24

MESMERIZE 24

MESTIZOES 21

METALIZES 22

MEZQUITES 31

MONETIZES 22

NEBULIZES 24

NOVELIZES 24

OVERSIZED 23

OVERSIZES 22

PENALIZES 23

PEPTIZERS 24

POETIZERS 21

POLEMIZES 25

QUEAZIEST 28

RACEMIZES 24

REALIZERS 19

RESEIZING 21

SCIENTIZE 22

SENSITIZE 19

SERIALIZE 19

SERMONIZE 22

SEXUALIZE 27

SIEROZEMS 21

SLEAZIEST 19

SNEEZIEST 19

SOBERIZED 22

SOBERIZES 21

SOLECIZED 23

SOLECIZES 22

SOLEMNIZE 23

SOVIETIZE 22

SQUEEZING 31

STERILIZE 19

SUBERIZED 23

SUBERIZES 22

SUPERSIZE 22

SYNIZESES 21

SYSTEMIZE 23

TETANIZES 19

THEORIZES 20

TZIMMESES 24

UNDERSIZE 21

VELARIZES 23

VOWELIZES 26

WHEEZIEST 23

ZEDOARIES 19

ZEITGEIST 20

ZEPPELINS 26

ZIBELINES 23

ZONETIMES 22

8 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

AGENIZES 20

BEDIZENS 22

BENZINES 22

BEZIQUES 30

DENIZENS 20

DISSEIZE 18

EBONIZES 21

ELEGIZES 20

EMPRIZES 23

EROTIZES 17

FRENZIES 21

GRECIZES 22

HEROIZES 19

ITEMIZES 20

OBELIZES 21

OVERSIZE 21

PECTIZES 23

PEPTIZES 23

POETIZES 20

REALIZES 18

RESEIZED 18

RESEIZES 17

SEIZABLE 21

SEIZURES 18

SIEROZEM 20

SIZEABLE 21

SLEAZIER 18

SNEEZIER 18

SNEEZING 21

SOBERIZE 20

SOLECIZE 21

SUBERIZE 21

UNSEIZED 20

ZEOLITES 18

ZESTIEST 17

7 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

FRIEZES 19

LEZZIES 26

RESEIZE 16

RESIZED 17

RESIZES 16

SEIZERS 16

SEIZURE 17

ZESTIER 16

6 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

RESIZE 15

SEIZED 16

SEIZER 15

SEIZES 15

5 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

SEIZE 14

4 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

SIZE 13

ZEES 13

3 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

SEE 3

SEI 3

ZEE 12

2 letter words with the letters SEIZE ↑

ES 2

IS 2

SI 2

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