To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.
(with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
To have a seizure.
To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.
To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.