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Verb: seize  seez
  1. Take hold of; grab
    "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals";
    - prehend [archaic], clutch
  2. Take or capture by force
  3. Take possession of by force, as after an invasion
    - appropriate, capture, conquer
    "The FBI seized the drugs";
    - impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, sequestrate
    "She seized control of the throne after her husband died";
    - assume, usurp, take over, arrogate
  6. Hook by a pull on the line
  7. Affect
    - clutch, get hold of
  8. Capture the attention or imagination of
    "The movie seized my imagination";
    - grab

Sounds like: sea

Derived forms: seized, seizes, seizing

Type of: fascinate, get hold of, hook, intrigue, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, take

Encyclopedia: Seize