ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEIZE
Saisen, from Old French saisir, from Medieval Latin sacīre to position, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic satjan to set1.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SEIZE
PRESENT
Present
I seize
you seize
he/she/it seizes
we seize
you seize
they seize
Present continuous
I am seizing
you are seizing
he/she/it is seizing
we are seizing
you are seizing
they are seizing
Present perfect
I have seized
you have seized
he/she/it has seized
we have seized
you have seized
they have seized
Present perfect continuous
I have been seizing
you have been seizing
he/she/it has been seizing
we have been seizing
you have been seizing
they have been seizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I seized
you seized
he/she/it seized
we seized
you seized
they seized
Past continuous
I was seizing
you were seizing
he/she/it was seizing
we were seizing
you were seizing
they were seizing
Past perfect
I had seized
you had seized
he/she/it had seized
we had seized
you had seized
they had seized
Past perfect continuous
I had been seizing
you had been seizing
he/she/it had been seizing
we had been seizing
you had been seizing
they had been seizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will seize
you will seize
he/she/it will seize
we will seize
you will seize
they will seize
Future continuous
I will be seizing
you will be seizing
he/she/it will be seizing
we will be seizing
you will be seizing
they will be seizing
Future perfect
I will have seized
you will have seized
he/she/it will have seized
we will have seized
you will have seized
they will have seized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been seizing
you will have been seizing
he/she/it will have been seizing
we will have been seizing
you will have been seizing
they will have been seizing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would seize
you would seize
he/she/it would seize
we would seize
you would seize
they would seize
Conditional continuous
I would be seizing
you would be seizing
he/she/it would be seizing
we would be seizing
you would be seizing
they would be seizing
Conditional perfect
I would have seize
you would have seize
he/she/it would have seize
we would have seize
you would have seize
they would have seize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been seizing
you would have been seizing
he/she/it would have been seizing
we would have been seizing
you would have been seizing
they would have been seizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you seize
we let´s seize
you seize
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
seizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «SEIZE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
seize.
When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit.
In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.
Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.
The average American returning from a trip abroad likely - and understandably - assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of 'criminal' activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation.
I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.
Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.
The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel dissecting knife of the critic.
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEIZE»
Discover the use of
seize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
seize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
I'll
Seize the Day Tomorrow
Filled with Jonathan’s trademark wit, I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow is the tale of one man’s journey to find some great truth on his road to forty . . . or maybe not.
One by one, the children of Moonlight Bay are disappearing.
"Without question, this is one of the genre's most fascinating, distinctive, and mesmerizing paranormal series."--Romantic Times Hail Glorious Reader: I was born the noble son of a legendary Roman senator.
4
Seize the Dance!: BaAka Musical Life and the Ethnography of ...
Based on ethnographic research that Michelle Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--along with their contexts of social interaction--in an elegant narrative that is ...
Michelle Robin Kisliuk, 1998
Tommy Wilhelm tries to save himself from drowning under the weight of his own existence as his life comes apart around him after failing in his job, marriage, and investments.
Sailing from California to Hawaii, Susannah, her family, and a crewman are driven by a vicious storm into the path of a drifting powerboat.
7
The Plot to
Seize the White House
"The long-forgotten story of what would have been America's first serious armed insurrection since the Revolution." Boston Sunday...
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New Essays on
Seize the Day
A collection of essays on Saul Bellow's Seize the Day.
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Seize the Book, Jail the Author: Johann Lorenz Schmidt and ...
The story of the controversy the work aroused and of its eventual suppression sheds light on many aspects of the eighteenth century, as well as the nature of censorship in our time.
Paul Spalding, Johann Lorenz Schmidt, 1998
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEIZE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
seize is used in the context of the following news items.
Plebgate police questioned over use of Ripa laws to seize Sun …
Still image taken from CCTV of the exchange between Andrew Mitchell and Metropolitan police at the gates of Downing Street in 2012. Photograph: Metropolitan ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Officers seize jet skis and cars after dawn raids
Police have used new proceeds of crime powers to seize jet skis and high-value cars during dawn raids across the North West. Officers from Titan, the regional ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
US allowed to seize $300m in alleged bribery scheme
A US court last night cleared the way for the US Justice Department to seize $300 million (€270 million) allegedly linked to a Russian-Uzbekistani bribery ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Hartford police seize $5000 worth of illegal fireworks being sold from …
Officers responded to 592 Garden Street around 8 p.m. Friday and seized about $5,000 worth of illegal fireworks from the van, but they couldn't find the suspect ... «WTNH Connecticut News, Jul 15»
Authorities seize more than 40 cattle in Oklahoma City animal …
OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities are investigating a horrific case of animal cruelty in Oklahoma City involving more than three dozen cattle left malnourished and ... «kfor.com, Jul 15»
Feds move to seize mansions, planes from company selling Iraqi …
The feds also want to seize a Brookhaven mansion valued at about $1.5 million, other local properties, two beach houses in Panama City, Florida, three ... «WSB Atlanta, Jun 15»
Katie Hopkins criticises River Island 'seize the day' bags for trying to …
Katie Hopkins has criticised the 'seize the day' slogans on bags being sold through River Island that aim to raise awareness of epilepsy for attempting to ... «The Independent, May 15»
Russian bailiffs seize cat over owner's unpaid debt
Russia might seize your designer cat! State debt collectors in Russia confiscated a man's pedigree cat on Monday after he defaulted on debt of 200,000 rubles ... «CNNMoney, May 15»
Canadian Armed Forces ship helped seize more than 600 kgs of …
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Armed Forces say one of their ships helped seize more than 600 kilograms of cocaine off El Salvador. The Forces say HMCS ... «CP24 Toronto's Breaking News, Apr 15»
Canadian Forces help seize 5000 kilos of cocaine off Costa Rica
The Canadian ship HMCS Whitehorse helped intercept more than 5,200 kilograms of cocaine of the coast of Costa Rica, the Department of National Defence ... «Toronto Sun, Apr 15»
