To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
Suitable or fit; proper.
Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
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 deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
(with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
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.