seize

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To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture

• He was seized with fear.

  Er wurde von Furcht ergriffen.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Tom seized Mary by the arm.

  Tom packte Mary am Arm.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

ergreifen

To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)

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To take possession of (by force, law etc.)

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To have a sudden and powerful effect upon

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To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small lineselten

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To fasten, fixselten

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To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)selten

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To have a seizureselten

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To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize upselten

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To submit for consideration to a deliberative bodyselten