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seize + -ure
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IPA(key): /ˈsizjʊɚ/
seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away
- A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
- (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.
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act of taking possession, as by force or right of law
- Armenian: բռնագրավում (hy) (bṙnagravum), բռնազավթում (hy) (bṙnazavtʻum)
- Azerbaijani: zəbt (az), müsadirə (az)
- Bulgarian: конфискация (bg) f (konfiskacija)
- Catalan: apropiació f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奪取/夺取 (zh) (duóqǔ), 佔用/占用 (zh) (zhànyòng), 沒收/没收 (zh) (mòshōu)
- Danish: beslaglæggelse c
- Finnish: pidätys (fi)
- French: saisie (fr) f
- Georgian: კონფისკაცია (ḳonpisḳacia), ჩამორთმევა (čamortmeva), დაყადაღება (daq̇adaɣeba), მიტაცება (miṭaceba), ხელში ჩაგდება (xelši čagdeba), ამოღება (amoɣeba)
- German: Beschlagnahme (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἁρπαγή f (harpagḗ)
- Hungarian: (by law) lefoglalás (hu), elkobzás (hu), zár alá vétel, birtokba vétel, zárolás (hu), (grasping physically) megragadás (hu), megmarkolás, elvétel (hu), (capture, occupation) elfoglalás (hu), bevétel (hu)
- Irish: glacadh m, urghabháil f, gabháil m, forghabháil f
- Japanese: 奪取 (ja) (だっしゅ, dasshu)
- Norwegian: inndragning m
- Persian: مصادره (fa) (mosâdere)
- Portuguese: apreensão (pt) f, apropriação (pt) f (of things)
- Romanian: confiscare (ro) f
- Russian: захва́т (ru) m (zaxvát), взя́тие си́лой n (vzjátije síloj), взя́тие (ru) n (vzjátije)
- Scottish Gaelic: glacadh m
- Spanish: apropiación (es) f
- Tagalog: pagsamsam
- Turkish: ele geçirme, gasp (tr)
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sudden attack or convulsion
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Azerbaijani: tutma, qıcolma
- Bulgarian: припадък (bg) m (pripadǎk)
- Catalan: atac (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 發作/发作 (zh) (fāzuò)
- Czech: záchvat (cs) m
- Danish: anfald (da) n
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
- French: attaque (fr) f, crise (fr) f
- Georgian: მწვავე შეტევა (mc̣vave šeṭeva), უეცარი შეტევა (uecari šeṭeva), შეტევა (šeṭeva)
- German: Anfall (de) m
- Hebrew: הֶתְקֵף (he) m (hetqéf)
- Hungarian: roham (hu)
- Icelandic: krampaflog n, flog (is) n
- Indonesian: kejang-kejang, kejang (id)
- Irish: gabhlán m, taom m
- Italian: convulsioni (it)
- Japanese: 発作 (ja) (ほっさ, hossa), 発病 (ja) (はつびょう, hatsubyō), 急病 (ja) (きゅうびょう, kyūbyō)
- Khmer: ប្រឆ្ងិត (km) (prɑcŋət), ស្កន្ទ (km) (skɑn), អបមារ (a’pa’maa), អបមារ (ɑɑp mie)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خوو (xû)
- Macedonian: конвулзија f (konvulzija)
- Maori: hukihuki
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Navajo: iichʼąh, ashchʼąh
- Norwegian: krampe (no) m or f
- Bokmål: anfall (no) n
- Nynorsk: anfall n
- Persian: تشنج (fa) (tašanoj)
- Plautdietsch: Aunfaul m
- Polish: napad (pl) m
- Portuguese: convulsão (pt) f
- Russian: припа́док (ru) m (pripádok), при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)
- Serbo-Croatian: konvulzije, konvulzivna ataka f, konvulzivni napad m
- Spanish: convulsión (es) f
- Swahili: kifafa (sw)
- Swedish: anfall (sv) n
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: kriz (tr), nöbet (tr)
- Vietnamese: động kinh
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sudden onset of pain or emotion
that which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed
seizure (third-person singular simple present seizures, present participle seizuring, simple past and past participle seizured)
- To undergo an epileptic seizure.
2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9:My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.
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