- Types Of Speech
- You can use seize as a verb in a sentence.
- About Seize
- A 1 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters e, i, s, and z, 2 consonants, 3 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter i. Seize starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters s, se, sei, seiz, and the ending characters are e, ze, ize, eize, ..
- Definition
- Capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Seize is set as a grade four word that starts with s, ends with e, 1 syllables, 3 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is seize a scrabble word? A 14 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Seize in Pig Latin is said as "eizesay or eizesway".
- Unigram
- s | e | i | z | e
- Bigram
- se | ei | iz | ze
- Trigram
- sei | eiz | ize
- Quadrigram
- seiz | eize
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- capture the attention or imagination of;
"This story will grab you";
"The movie seized my imagination" - affect;
"Fear seized the prisoners";
"The patient was seized with unberable pains";
"He was seized with a dreadful disease" - take hold of;
grab;
"The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter";
"She clutched her purse";
"The mother seized her child by the arm";
"Birds of prey often seize small mammals" - take or capture by force;
"The terrorists seized the politicians";
"The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" - hook by a pull on the line;
"strike a fish" - take possession of by force, as after an invasion;
"the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";
"The army seized the town";
"The militia captured the castle" - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;
"The FBI seized the drugs";
"The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment";
"The police confiscated the stolen artwork" - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force;
take as one's right or possession;
"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town";
"he usurped my rights";
"She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abduct | pull away from the body "this muscle abducts" |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Accelerator | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
| Accroach | |
| Acknowledge | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne" "We do not recognize your gods" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Adopt | take into one''s family "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
| Afflict | cause bodily suffering to |
| Ail | aromatic bulb used as seasoning |
| Allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility concede the truth or validity of something "I allow for this possibility" "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Seize
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Seize | capture the attention or imagination of "This story will grab you" "The movie seized my imagination" |
View English words with the unique letters used in seize. Words With The Letters Eisz
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fascinate | attract cause to be enamored "She captured all the men''s hearts" |
| Intrigue | a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size (4 letters) | 13 | 13 | size | ||
| Assize (6 letters) | 15 +1 | 15 +1 | aeissz | ||
| Assizes (7 letters) | 16 +2 | 16 +2 | aeisssz | ||
| Seize (5 letters) | 14 | 14 | seize | ||
| Seized (6 letters) | 16 +2 | 16 +2 | seized | ||
| Sized (5 letters) | 15 +1 | 15 +1 | sized | ||
| Azides (6 letters) | 16 +2 | 16 +2 | adeisz |
Seize Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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