different between seizure vs seizing

English

Alternative forms

• seisure (obsolete)

Etymology

seize +? -ure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?? /, /?sizj??/

  Rhymes: -i???(r)

Noun

seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)

1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

   the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

   The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter VII

     As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away

2. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

   He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

   He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

4. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
5. (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.

   • Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.

Translations

References

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English

Etymology

From seize +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?siz??/

Verb

seizing

1. present participle of seize

Noun

seizing (plural seizings)

1. The act of grabbing or taking possession.
2. (chiefly in the plural) Something seized.

   The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.

3. A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 36

     Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!”

     Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him.

   1. Such lashing used to temporarily immobilize the ends of a rope to prevent a knot from slipping or collapsing.

Adjective

seizing (comparative more seizing, superlative most seizing)

1. That seizes the attention; impressive.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 45:

     It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.