seise
- 1To make someone the legal owner of land or an estate.
Like handing someone the keys and the papers so the house is truly theirs.
A deed can seise a buyer of a house and its land.
The court order seised her of the whole estate.
Oppositedivest, dispossess, disseise
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- 2To give someone legal control and possession of property.
Like officially handing someone the keys so they can hold and use something.
The papers seise the new owner of the property at once.
The ruling seised him of the disputed land.
Oppositedispossess, divest, disseise
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- 3To take hold of something quickly and firmly.
Like grabbing something fast before it falls or runs away.
Robbers may seise a traveler on the lonely road.
She seised the rope before it slipped away.
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Origin
This word came through Middle English and Old French from a Latin and Frankish root meaning to take or give possession, going back to a very old root meaning "to track."