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SEIZE

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seize verb A. tranzitiv

1. (şi to seize hold of) a apuca, a prinde (cu mâinile, ghearele, dinţii), a înhăţa, a înşfăca;

(fig.) to seize the opportunity a se folosi de prilej, a profita de o ocazie (favorabilă).

2. a pune mâna / stăpânire pe, a lua prizonier, a lua cu forţa, a captura;

the town was seized with all its defenders oraşul a fost capturat cu toţi apărătorii lui.

3. (şi jur.) a lua în stăpânire, a-şi însuşi, a confisca, a sechestra, a pune sechestru / poprire pe;

to be seized of a stăpâni, a poseda (ceva).

4. (fig.) a prinde, a cuprinde, a apuca, a pune stăpânire pe;

a panic seized the crowd panica cuprinse mulţimea;

a fever seized him l-a apucat febra / fierbinţeala;

to be seized with a cramp a fi prins de un spasm / de crampe / de colici.

5. (fig.) a reţine a captiva (imaginaţia, atenţia etc.); a înţelege, a pătrunde, a cuprinde (cu mintea sau facultăţile percepţiei), a sesiza;

the paintings of Turner and Constable seize the attention of all visitors tablourile lui Turner şi Constable reţin atenţia tuturor vizitatorilor;

I cannot seize the difference between nu sesizez diferenţa dintre.

6. (mar.) a lega.

7. (arte, despre un pictor etc.) a prinde (trăsăturile cuiva, într-un portret etc.).

seize verb B. reflexiv

(jur.) to seize oneself of a confisca (ceva) în mod legal.

seize verb C. intranzitiv

1. to seize (up)on a pune mâna pe, a-şi însuşi (ceva);

to seize upon an idea a-şi însuşi o idee, a vâna o idee.

2. (tehn.; despre mecanisme) a se gripa, a se înţepeni, a se bloca.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Buck seized Thornton’s hand in his teeth.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

She seized another sheet, and saw the same articles with little variation; a third, a fourth, and a fifth presented nothing new.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Even when Peggotty was in the act of drinking, he was seized with one of those approaches, and almost choked her.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

What sweet madness has seized me?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Then he tossed it down and seized the next.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ah! that ball!—why did we wait for any thing? —why not seize the pleasure at once?

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

In an instant the seconds had seized their men and carried them back into their corners.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If I had not seized him just at the moment I believe he would have killed the man there and then.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Then suddenly he stretched out his hand and seized the puzzle.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Urged by this impulse, I seized on the boy as he passed and drew him towards me.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

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