单词 | to seize into one's hands, to one's behoof |
释义 | > as lemmasto seize into one's hands, †to one's behoof a. Of a feudal superior or a sovereign (or one acting on his behalf): To take possession of, confiscate (the property of a vassal or subject). Also, to annex (a country) to one's own dominions. Phrases, to seize into one's hands, †to one's behoof. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] take?a1160 seizec1290 raima1325 to take in possessiona1325 to hent in (also upon) handa1350 occupya1382 to take possession?a1425 to take upc1425 uptakec1425 to take in1523 possess1526 master1826 c1290 Beket 705 in S. Eng. Leg. 126 Þe king sende is men sone to saisi al is lond And al-so al is bischopriche ase is traitores, In-to is hond. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10125 Þe king of france orn vpe þe king Ion, & is londes biȝonde se seisede anon, Aquitayne & normandie. a1300 Havelok 2513 Þanne he was ded..Sket was seysed al þat his was In þe kinges hand il del, Lond and lith, and oþer catel. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2703 For first he slow þe kyng Pyncer, & seysed þe lond til his byhoue. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 287 Þe kyng made seyse into his hond al þe temporalte of clerkes. 1447–8 J. Shillingford Lett. (Camden) 96 The said Citie..was seised into the saide King Edward's hondes. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Seize, to forfaite to the prince. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 677 Roger Mortimer..seised also this Chirck, into his possession. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6174/3 A Grey..Horse..was..seized into the Hands of the Lord of the Manor..as Felons Goods. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 231 Three of his principal castles were, for his contempt of the court, to be seized into the King's hands. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music viii. 161 It was held an Act of Sacrilege to seize their Estates, even for the public Service. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. vii. 206 The Duke of Burgundy's attempt to seize that fief into his own hands. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 34 The estates of the fallen King..were no doubt at once seized into the King's hands. < as lemmas |
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