单词 | reseize |
释义 | reseizev. 1. transitive. To seize or take possession of (a thing or person) again. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (intransitive)] > again or back reseize?a1425 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > again or back reseize?a1425 reprise1481 ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1996) I. l. 554 In hert he vndyrstand Þat Pandras, the kyng of the land,..thorowe forse of the Gregaise, Þase castels fra hym wold resaise. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 597 Robert Clynton and Iohn Raves vnrighfully..disseised her of her fre tenement..And therfor we comaunde the..mak that tenement to be reseised. a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 82v To come & shew why the land should not bee reseised. a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 82 The kinge may reseise wtout a Scire facias. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlviii. 202 The rightfull heire of Portugale his Empyre shall re-seaze. 1599 Sickness & Death Philip II in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 285 The goute reseasing him, accompanied with a fever, made him far sicker than before. 1666 Ormonde MSS in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 21 His Grace re~seized the lands. 1684 A. Behn Love-lett. between Noble-man & Sister Argt. sig. A12v In spight of all the industry to reseize him he got away with Silvia. a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 105 In his Cell his Sorrow him reseiz'd. 1750 R. Bolton Justice of Peace for Ireland i. xliii. 244 The Justice of Peace may break open the House by Force, to reseize the same, and to put the Party, so put out, in Possession again. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. x. 187 The sheriff is commanded to reseise the land and all the chattels thereon. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. iv. 608 When the opposing army was obliged to retrace its steps, they immediately reseized the country. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors II. lii. 296 A motion about re-seizing the lands of a relapsed recusant. 1897 Times 11 Aug. 12/2 The parties that take him to bail are in law his keepers and may reseize him to bring him in. 1941 J. T. Flynn Men of Wealth viii. 295 Three years later a British squadron..reseized the Cape. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes iv. 92 The eagle, having reseized the trout, swooped low to the treetops. 2000 B. E. Shafer in C. Campbell & B. A. Rockman Clinton Legacy i. 4 Republicans..reseized control of Congress and announced their aspirations for bringing the system to an end. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > reinstate restorea1387 reseize?a1425 repose1552 revest1563 reinstall1595 reseat1606 reinstate1616 renovate1816 the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > cause to be possessed > put in possession of > again reseize?a1425 repossess1533 repossess1601 ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1940) 20684 (MED) Qwen alle britaines contres wer paisede And ilke man in his right resaiede [read resaisede]. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) v. ix. f. c Full soone he shall be fette oute of thy hand Receysed shalle he be with paradys. 1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. Kviv Because the kinge hais reuested and reseased me of the whole archbishopricke. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y2 He..therein reseized was againe, And ruled long with honorable state. a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 402 We..need to be consecrate anew, to re-seize us of the first fruits of the Spirit again. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 122 By this meanes reseised and reassumed the English in partnership with the Norman in their ancient right. Derivatives reˈseizer n. rare ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Reseizer, one that seizes again. 1824 N. Dane Gen. Abridgement Amer. Law VI. 159 Arrests justified, and Re-seizers excused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?a1425 |
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