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Definition of Seized
1. seize [v] - See also: seize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seized
Literary usage of Seized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1839)
"Crimson with fury, Oliver started up, overthrew chair and table, seized Noah by
the throat, shook him in the violence of his rage till his teeth chattered ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... early in the year the English seized the town and renamed it Greytown. A new
English treaty was then made with Nicaragua, recognizing this occupation. ..."
3. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"When Livingstone was ready to resume his iourney, two of his children and three
of his servants were seized with fever. He therefore abandoned his journey ..."
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