Seize is valid Scrabble Word

Is seize a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is seize valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

5 letters word
14 points in Scrabble
14 points in WWF

Definitions for SEIZE in dictionary:

VERB:

to take hold of suddenly and forcibly, also SEISE
take forcible possession of
(of the police or another authority) take possession of (something) by warrant or legal right
take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively
(of a feeling or pain) affect (someone) suddenly or acutely
strongly appeal to or attract (the imagination or attention)
understand (something) quickly or clearly
be aware or informed of
(of a machine with moving parts) become jammed
be in legal possession of

have or receive freehold possession of (property)
fasten or attach (someone or something) to something by binding with turns of rope
take hold of forcibly or quickly
To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
To take possession of by force.
To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor\'s goods.
To fasten; to fix.
To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
take hold of; grab
take or capture by force
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one\'s right or possession
hook by a pull on the line
capture the attention or imagination of
take hold of suddenly and forcibly

Words related to SEIZE

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Words that contain SEIZE

seized16 seizer15 seizes15 reseize16 seizers16 disseize18 reseized18 reseizes17 unseized18 disseized20 disseizee19 disseizes19 disseizees20

How to use SEIZE in a sentence

We might as well justify Russia in attempting to seize Turkey, although such a crime may be overruled in the future good of Europe.
It has ever been ready to seize a province or pick a quarrel.
They had first tried to kill him quietly and, finding this impossible, had resolved to seize the party.
You seize your gun as the gray mark passes overhead at about 125 miles an hour.
There was, at least, a chance to gain time, and he moved eagerly to seize it.
Before the winter set in he had sent a party to seize the designated spot for a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River.
The military method would have been to seize horses, wagons, and drivers wherever found.
And it was evident that the Iberians were most thoroughly dissatisfied and that they would attempt a revolution shortly if they could only seize upon some favourable opportunity.
Should this take place, and the spirit of emigration once seize those people, perhaps an abolition of all duty might then come too late to stop, what it would now easily prevent.
It had been proposed, he was told, to seize Hispaniola or Porto Rico or both, after which either Cartagena or Havana might be taken, and the Spanish revenue-fleets obstructed.

A man who kills himself while dressing comes under the former classification, and will usually seize the first method at hand.
The sweet magic of thy voice shall remind me, when the hour of adversity is at its darkest, to hold fast to the rope thou didst seize so firmly all the days of thy life.
He could not seize the weapon, for he would have roused the sleeper by touching his hand.
I stretch forth, Oh, in delight unspeakable, my hands I stretch to seize it, yearning with my soul To sink before her feet.
All at once a little fury seemed to seize Lightbody.
That these waters were for me the very face of death, sure and relentless, terrible and slow, did not at once seize hold upon my heart.
Last season my wife changed the drawing room from Empire to Louis Seize at a very considerable outlay.
He was, however, fortunate enough to seize one of them, with ten of the dollars in his hand, but was not able to recover any more.
I mention the fact to shew you how readily the French seize hold of every occasion of displaying their devotion to the powers that be.
It was the work of a strenuous moment to seize him by the wings and so hold him.
Take refuge in some garret, write your masterpieces, seize on power of any kind, and you will see the world at your feet.

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