† unseizev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To detach from something held or that holds; spec. in hawking.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > loosen or weaken the attachment of > cause to lose hold
unseize1575
slip1609
unclinga1711
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 95 When she hath fedde, take it from hir, and vnseaze hir.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. To Vulgar Who is hee that can be so happy as to..unseaze himselfe from thy griping talons?
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xii. 49 Be thy lips skrew'd so fast To th' earths full breast? For shame, for shame unseise thee.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xii. 49 Unseise thy lips.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Falcon To which if she come well, stoop roundly upon it, and hastly seize it, let her cast two or three bits thereon. That done, unseize, take her off the Lure and deliver her again to the Person that held her.
2. To let go, take one's hands off.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)]
beleavea1250
leta1325
to let goc1384
to leave hold1556
to turn loose?1566
quita1586
unhand1603
relinquish1651
unseize1663
unfist1692
to leave go1776
unclasp1868
to loose hold1875
1663 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours i. 8 He, at the stroke, unseas'd me, and gave back.
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