資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Seize \Seize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F.
   saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning
   is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession
   of. See {Set}, v. t.]
   1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or
      grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

            For by no means the high bank he could seize.
                                                  --Spenser.

            Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The
            royalties and rights of banished Hereford? --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

seized
     adj : taken without permission or consent especially by public
           authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
           cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down
           the drain" [syn: {appropriated}, {condemned}, {confiscate},
            {confiscated}, {taken over}]