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.
To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
To become more successful (than someone or something else).
To appropriate something without permission.
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
To buy out the ownership of a business.
To relieve someone temporarily.
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.