endow vs seize

endow

verb
  • Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality. 

  • To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits. 

  • Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something). 

  • To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”). 

seize

verb
  • To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance). 

  • To have a seizure. 

  • 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. 

  • (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. 

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