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seizesverbpresent tense third-person singular of seize 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 appreciates, apprehends, assimilates, beholds, catches, catches on (to), cognizes, compasses, comprehends, conceives, cottons (to or on to), deciphers, decodes, digs, discerns, gets, grasps, groks, intuits, knows, makes, makes out, perceives, recognizes, registers, savvies, sees, senses, tumbles (to), twigs, understands absorbs, digests, takes inrealizesfathoms, penetrates, pierces picks up on misses misapprehends, misconceives, misconstrues, misinterprets, misperceives, misreads, mistakes, misunderstands to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawseized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings apprehends, arrests, busts(slang), collars, nabs, nails, nicks(British slang), picks up, pinches, pulls in, restrains, runs in bags, captures, catches, gets, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, snaps (up), snares, snatches, trapscommits, confines, detains, holds, immures, imprisons, incarcerates, interns, jails, jugs, locks (up)binds, enchains, fetters, handcuffs, manacles, shackles, trammelsrearrestsremands discharges emancipates, frees, liberates, loosens, looses, releases, springsunbinds, unchains to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forciblyseized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach bags, captures, catches, collars, cops(slang), corrals, gets, gloms, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, nabs, nails, nets, nobbles(British slang), raps, snags, snaps (up), snares, snatches, traps gloves, halters, lassos, ropesapprehends, arrests, detainsbays, cornersclasps, clutches, fastens (on), fists, grasps, grips, holds, latches (on or onto), securesrends, wrestsenmeshes(also immeshes), ensnares, entangles, entraps, meshesabducts, kidnaps, spirits (away or off) takes hold (of) misses discharges, frees, liberates, releasesdrops, loosens, unhands 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 appropriates, arrogates, commandeers, converts, expropriates, pirates, preempts, presses, takes over, usurps annexes, attaches, claims, confiscates, impounds, repossesses, sequestersassumes, collars, grabs, grasps, snatches, steals, wrenches, wrestsdespoils, loots, pillagesencroaches, infringes, invades, occupies, preoccupies, trespassesembezzles, misapplies, misappropriates, misuses, peculates |