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(v)
(obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.
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(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
(transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
(adj)
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
(n)
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
To understand.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(informal, intransitive) To experience an epileptic seizure.
(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. [with in]
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
action of the verb to enter
The act or process of confiscating.
(transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
(transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
(transitive, informal) repossess
To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
(transitive) To enter data.
To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
(transitive) To create.
The act of one who grasps or covets.
(transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]
(transitive) To regain or get back something.
To make use of; to use.
(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
To utilize or employ.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
(US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.]
To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
(transitive, law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
(intransitive) To be a master.
(transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
(transitive) To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
(transitive) To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
(transitive, law) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
(transitive) To view as valuable.
(transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
(by extension) (transitive) To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1, sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
(transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
A male given name from French.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
a possessive form of the pronoun you
taken without permission or consent especially by public authority
investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
(transitive) To seize for military use.
To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
Clothes that encircle the neck.
Free from attack or danger; protected.
(followed by of) To grasp, seize.