To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
To start a new regime slowly.
To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage. (transitive sense)
To score (a try).
To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
(sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.
(not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
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 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.