'Seizure' definitions:
Definition of 'seizure'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" [syn: seizure, ictus, raptus]
noun
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: capture, gaining control, seizure]
noun
The act of taking of a person by force [syn: capture, seizure]
noun
The taking possession of something by legal process
Definition of 'Seizure'
From: GCIDE
- Seizure \Sei"zure\, n.
- 1. The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership. [1913 Webster]
- Make o'er thy honor by a deed of trust, And give me seizure of the mighty wealth. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed. [1913 Webster] Sejant
Synonyms of 'seizure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdominal epilepsy,
- abduction,
- abscess,
- access,
- accession,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- acute pain,
- adoption,
- affect epilepsy,
- ague,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- amok,
- anemia,
- ankylosis,
- annexation,
- anointing,
- anointment,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- apoplexy,
- appointment,
- apprehension,
- appropriation,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- arrogation,
- asphyxiation,
- assignment,
- assumption,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophy,
- attack,
- authorization,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- backache,
- bag,
- bear hug,
- bite,
- blaze,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- blockage,
- booty,
- boring pain,
- breakdown,
- burst,
- bust,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- capture,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- catch,
- catching,
- charley horse,
- chill,
- chills,
- clench,
- clinch,
- cling,
- clinging,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- clutch,
- colic,
- collaring,
- commandeering,
- confiscation,
- consecration,
- constipation,
- convulsion,
- coronation,
- cortical epilepsy,
- coughing,
- coup,
- cramp,
- cramps,
- crick,
- cursive epilepsy,
- cyanosis,
- cyclone,
- darting pain,
- death grip,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- diarrhea,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- dizziness,
- dragnet,
- dropsy,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- eclampsia,
- edema,
- election,
- emaciation,
- embrace,
- empowerment,
- encroachment,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- epitasis,
- eruption,
- explosion,
- fainting,
- falling sickness,
- fatigue,
- fever,
- fibrillation,
- firm hold,
- fit,
- flare-up,
- flux,
- focal epilepsy,
- foothold,
- footing,
- forcible seizure,
- frenzy,
- fulgurant pain,
- furor,
- fury,
- gale,
- girdle pain,
- gnawing,
- grab,
- grabbing,
- grand mal,
- grapple,
- grasp,
- grip,
- gripe,
- griping,
- growth,
- gust,
- haul,
- haute mal,
- hemorrhage,
- high blood pressure,
- hitch,
- hold,
- hug,
- hurricane,
- hydrops,
- hypertension,
- hypotension,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- icterus,
- ictus,
- impounding,
- indigestion,
- inflammation,
- infringement,
- insomnia,
- invasion,
- iron grip,
- irruption,
- itching,
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- jaundice,
- jumping pain,
- kidnapping,
- kink,
- labored breathing,
- lancinating pain,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- legitimate succession,
- lockjaw,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- marasmus,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- murderous insanity,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- nabbing,
- nasal discharge,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- netting,
- nip,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- occlusion,
- orgasm,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- pain,
- pang,
- paralysis,
- paroxysm,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- picking up,
- pinch,
- playing God,
- possession,
- power grab,
- prehension,
- prick,
- pruritus,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychokinesia,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- purchase,
- rage,
- rash,
- reflex epilepsy,
- rheum,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- rotatoria,
- running in,
- sclerosis,
- seizing,
- seizure of power,
- sensory epilepsy,
- sequestration,
- serial epilepsy,
- sexual climax,
- sharp pain,
- shock,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- shooting pain,
- skin eruption,
- snatch,
- snatching,
- sneezing,
- sore,
- spasm,
- spell,
- stab,
- stabbing pain,
- stitch,
- stoppage,
- storm,
- stroke,
- succession,
- tabes,
- tachycardia,
- take,
- taking,
- taking in,
- taking into custody,
- taking over,
- tardy epilepsy,
- tempest,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- thrill,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tight grip,
- toehold,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- tormen,
- tornado,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- trismus,
- tumor,
- turn,
- tweak,
- twinge,
- twitch,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- upheaval,
- upset stomach,
- usurpation,
- vertigo,
- visitation,
- vomiting,
- wasting,
- whirlwind,
- wrench