seizure

English

Alternative forms

• seisure (obsolete)

Etymology

From seize +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ʒɚ/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)]
• Rhymes: -iːʒə(ɹ)

IPA^(key): /ˈsizjʊɚ/

Noun

seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)

1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

   the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

   The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:

     As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away

2. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

   He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

   He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

4. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
5. (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
   • 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

     Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.

Derived terms

• absence seizure
• Jacksonian seizure
• seizural
• seizure dog

 

Translations

act of taking possession, as by force or right of law

• Armenian: բռնագրավում (hy) (bṙnagravum), բռնազավթում (hy) (bṙnazavtʻum)
• Azerbaijani: zəbt (az), müsadirə (az)
• Bulgarian: конфискация (bg) f (konfiskacija)
• Catalan: apropiació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奪取／夺取 (zh) (duóqǔ), 佔用／占用 (zh) (zhànyòng), 沒收／没收 (zh) (mòshōu)

• Danish: beslaglæggelse c
• Finnish: pidätys (fi)
• French: saisie (fr) f
• Georgian: კონფისკაცია (ḳonpisḳacia), ჩამორთმევა (čamortmeva), დაყადაღება (daq̇adaɣeba), მიტაცება (miṭaceba), ხელში ჩაგდება (xelši čagdeba), ამოღება (amoɣeba)
• German: Beschlagnahme (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἁρπαγή f (harpagḗ)

• Hungarian: (by law) lefoglalás (hu), elkobzás (hu), zár alá vétel, birtokba vétel, zárolás (hu), (grasping physically) megragadás (hu), megmarkolás, elvétel (hu), (capture, occupation) elfoglalás (hu), bevétel (hu)
• Indonesian: penyitaan (id)
• Irish: glacadh m, urghabháil f, gabháil m, forghabháil f
• Japanese: 奪取 (ja) (だっしゅ, dasshu)
• Norwegian: inndragning m
• Persian: مصادره (fa) (mosâdere)
• Portuguese: apreensão (pt) f, apropriação (pt) f (of things)
• Romanian: confiscare (ro) f
• Russian: захва́т (ru) m (zaxvát), взя́тие си́лой n (vzjátije síloj), взя́тие (ru) n (vzjátije)
• Scottish Gaelic: glacadh m
• Spanish: apropiación (es) f
• Tagalog: pagsamsam
• Turkish: ele geçirme, gasp (tr)

sudden attack or convulsion

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: tutma, qıcolma
• Bulgarian: припадък (bg) m (pripadǎk)
• Catalan: atac (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發作／发作 (zh) (fāzuò)

• Czech: záchvat (cs) m
• Danish: anfald (da) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
• French: attaque (fr) f, crise (fr) f
• Georgian: მწვავე შეტევა (mc̣vave šeṭeva), უეცარი შეტევა (uecari šeṭeva), შეტევა (šeṭeva)
• German: Anfall (de) m
• Hebrew: הֶתְקֵף (he) m (hetqéf)
• Hungarian: roham (hu)
• Icelandic: krampaflog n, flog (is) n
• Indonesian: kejang-kejang, kejang (id)
• Irish: gabhlán m, taom m
• Italian: convulsioni (it)
• Japanese: 発作 (ja) (ほっさ, hossa), 発病 (ja) (はつびょう, hatsubyō), 急病 (ja) (きゅうびょう, kyūbyō)
• Khmer: ប្រឆ្ងិត (km) (prɑcŋət), ស្កន្ទ (km) (skɑn), អបមារ (a’pa’maa), អបមារ (ɑɑp mie)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خوو (xû)

• Macedonian: конвулзија f (konvulzija)
• Maori: hukihuki
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: iichʼąh, ashchʼąh
• Norwegian: krampe (no) m or f

  Bokmål: anfall (no) n

  Nynorsk: anfall n

• Persian: تشنج (fa) (tašanoj)
• Plautdietsch: Aunfaul m
• Polish: napad (pl) m
• Portuguese: convulsão (pt) f
• Russian: припа́док (ru) m (pripádok), при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)
• Serbo-Croatian: konvulzije, konvulzivna ataka f, konvulzivni napad m
• Spanish: convulsión (es) f
• Swahili: kifafa (sw)
• Swedish: anfall (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kriz (tr), nöbet (tr)
• Vietnamese: động kinh

sudden onset of pain or emotion

• Danish: anfald (da) n
• Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
• French: attaque (fr) f
• German: Anfall (de) m
• Hungarian: roham (hu)
• Irish: taom m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smerteanfall n

  Nynorsk: smerteåtak

• Plautdietsch: Aunfaul m
• Portuguese: ataque (pt) m
• Russian: при́ступ (ru) m (prístup)
• Turkish: kriz (tr)

that which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed

• Hungarian: elkobzott holmi/áru/tárgy/dolog

Verb

seizure (third-person singular simple present seizures, present participle seizuring, simple past and past participle seizured)

1. To undergo an epileptic seizure.
   • 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9:

     My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.

Synonyms

• seize

References

• Search and seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia