transitive. gen. To lay hold of, seize, catch, grasp; to get into one's power or possession. †In Old English and Middle English also occasionally: To…

transitive. To take by force or authority; to seize, apprehend. Also intransitive.

With object denoting a member of the body. to lay hands (or †hand) onor upon (†also in, to) a person or thing; (in the earliest quots. const…

transitive. To touch; to lay hold of, seize; to take away. Also: to touch on (a matter), treat of, mention.

To seize upon.

To seize, lay hold of; to snatch, take. Obsolete.

To seize upon (booty); to catch, apprehend, get into one's power (a person); to capture (a city), to seize (lands, possessions). Obs. exc. arch.

transitive. To take hold of, take in the hand, seize, snatch, catch.

To take possession of by force; to capture (a city); to take as plunder.

intransitive with various constructions. to seize onor upon = to seize (in senses 6–8). Also, in the same sense, †to seize of (obsolete rare).

to grip to: to seize upon, take hold of (literal and figurative) northern and Scottish. Obsolete.

transitive. To seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing. Obsolete.

transitive and intransitive. In alliterative phrases, esp. to rap and rend (also to rap and rear, to rap and run, to rap and wring, etc.): to get…

To lay hold on, take, catch, seize. Obsolete.

transitive. To beset (literal and figurative); to bar (a way; with dative of person); to surround, invest (a city, etc.); to waylay, entrap (a…

gen. To seize, catch, lay hands upon; to obtain hold or possession of. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

to put (one's) hand(s) on (also †in,†to,†unto,†upon): to lay hands on; to get hold of, seize. In later use: to find, to be able to get. Also figur…

To catch, seize, lay hold of. Obsolete.

Chiefly with of, †at, or on. To take hold of (a person or thing) with the hands; to seize; to grasp. Also of a thing: to become attached to.

transitive. To take, esp. suddenly and forcibly; to seize. Also: to trap (an animal).

to lay hold (up)on, of: to take into one's grasp, to grasp, seize on (with material and immaterial object); to avail oneself of (a pretext).

intransitive. To seize upon.

transitive. To seize; to take; to get.

transitive. To seize rapaciously, as a bird with its claws; to get possession of by effort or with difficulty. to scratch acquaintance = ‘to…

In non-legal contexts. transitive. To seize physically, with hands, claws, etc. Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

To seize upon, seize.

transitive. To clutch at; to seize greedily.

to grasp at: to make a clutch at, to try to seize. Chiefly with immaterial object or figurative. Also, To accept with avidity (an offer, etc.).

slang. To lay hold of, take or get possession of, appropriate, master. spec. in Cricket, of a batter: (a) to get the better of (the bowler); (b) to…

transitive. To take by force; to grab, seize, or snatch.

transitive. With noun of action as object: to succeed in doing, obtain opportunity to do (what the noun implies). Also to get (a) sight of, to get a…

transitive. colloquial. To seize, grab; to steal. Now rare.

To seize, to appropriate to oneself.

colloquial. To seize, catch, take possession of, steal. To add to one's ‘bag’ (bag, n. 9). figurative.

transitive. To seize, lay hold of.

transitive. To get hold of, seize, catch. Also: to kidnap.

To pounce upon, come down upon with violence or unawares; to rob, to cheat; to seize upon by sudden unexpected action; to ‘steal a march’ upon.

slang. To arrest; to seize.

North American. To catch, get hold of, grab, steal, pick up. colloquial.

See also sense 16c. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To withdraw from publication, circulation, or use; to cancel or revoke (a business…