seise
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
Meaning
verb
1798, Francis Lathom, chapter 6, in The Midnight Bell, volume 1, page 164: She shrieked, and endeavoured to pass him: he seised her hand, and exclaiming "my lucky stars are at length predominant," dragged her into the outer apartment.
verb
1798, Francis Lathom, chapter 11, in The Midnight Bell, volume 2, page 46: Their astonishment at seeing me you may well conceive; they immediately seised and gagged me, and having some moments concerted how they should dispose of me, to prevent my appearing in evidence against them, which by signs I endeavoured to convince them I would not do, if they would depart, and suffer me to remain unmolested, they resolved on carrying me to what they called their cave.
Example Sentences
- "There a baron was created and seised by the king in a single act. His tenure was a function of his personal relationship with his lord king."
- "He then died intestate; and I observed that his heir-at-law was not actually seised of Whiteacre, the possession of which became vacant on his ancestor's death"
- "Where the appeal committee is seised, it shall meet at the earliest 14 days, except in duly justified cases, and at the latest 6 weeks, after the date of referral."