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seizeverb to have a clear idea ofa critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand absorb, digest, take inrealizefathom, penetrate, pierce pick up on miss misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawseized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings apprehend, arrest, bust(slang), collar, nab, nail, nick(British slang), pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trapcommit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammelrearrestremand discharge emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, springunbind, unchain to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forciblyseized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach bag, capture, catch, collar, cop(slang), corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble(British slang), rap, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap glove, halter, lasso, ropeapprehend, arrest, detainbay, cornerclasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), securerend, wrestenmesh(also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, meshabduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off) take hold (of) miss discharge, free, liberate, releasedrop, loosen, unhand to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual rightRichard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483 appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, take over, usurp annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequesterassume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrestdespoil, loot, pillageencroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespassembezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand.take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.take some salad from the bowl seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible.seized the suspect grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession.grasp the handle and pull clutch suggests avidity or anxiety in seizing or grasping and may imply less success in holding.clutching her purse snatch suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize.snatched a doughnut and ran grab implies more roughness or rudeness than snatch.grabbed roughly by the arm in the 14th century |