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seize
English
Etymology
Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir (“to take possession of; invest (person, court)”), from Medieval Latin sac?re (“to lay claim to, appropriate”) (8th century) in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Old Low Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring legal action”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjan?, *sak?n? (compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *sakan? (compare Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”), Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”), Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”). Cognate to sake and Latin sagio (“to perceive acutely”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?z, IPA(key): /si?z/
- Homophones: seas, sees
Verb
seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)
- (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip; see also Thesaurus:grasp
- (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- Synonym: jump on
- (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- Synonyms: arrogate, commandeer, confiscate
- (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, ?ISBN, 11:
- This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.
- 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, ?ISBN, 11:
- (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
- (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
- (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- (intransitive) To have a seizure.
- (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- 2012, Martha Holmberg, Modern Sauces: More Than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day (page 235)
- Chocolate seizes if a small amount of water (or watery liquid such as brandy) finds its way into the chocolate while it is melting. […] If chocolate seizes, it will look grainy and matte rather than glossy and smooth.
- 2012, Martha Holmberg, Modern Sauces: More Than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day (page 235)
- (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- This Court will remain seized of this matter.
Derived terms
Related terms
- seizure
Translations
References
- seize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “seize”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
French
Etymology
From Middle French seze, from Old French seize, seze, from Latin s?decim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?z/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): [saiz]
- Rhymes: -?z
Numeral
seize
- sixteen
Derived terms
- seizième
Related terms
- six
- dix
Further reading
- “seize” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French seize, from Latin s?decim.
Pronunciation
Numeral
seize
- (Jersey, Guernsey) sixteen
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rivet
English
Etymology
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.
The sense "kind of footman's armour" is a back-formation from almain-rivet which in turn is derived from the English noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v?t/
- Rhymes: -?v?t
Noun
rivet (plural rivets)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour.
Derived terms
- rivet counter
- pop rivet
Translations
Verb
rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)
- (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
- (transitive) To install rivets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.
- Terror riveted him to the spot.
Translations
See also
- riveters
- riveting
- riveter
- rivets
- riveted
Further reading
- rivet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Vitré, tiver
French
Etymology
From Latin ripa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i.v?/
Noun
rivet m (plural rivets)
- rivet (mechanical fastener)
Further reading
- “rivet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
r?vet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of r?v?
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