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Seizer
- noun - a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
Seizes
- verb - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
- hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
- 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"
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk 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"
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitant
Seizin
- - Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.
Seizor
- - One who seizes, or takes possession.
Sejant
- unknown - In heraldry, an animal sitting upright on its haunches
Sekhet
- noun - a lion-headed Egyptian goddess; typifies life-destroying power of the sun
Seldom
- adverb - not often; "we rarely met"
Select
- adjective - of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
- selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"