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Definition: TO SEIZE ON |
TO SEIZE ON1. To fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly. Syn: To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture. |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But if that be all, it gives no other title than what bare force gives to the stronger over the weaker: and, by this reason, he that is strongest will have a right to whatever he pleases to seize on. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO SEIZE ON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | hatalmába kerít (overmaster, to possess, to seize, to transport). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay eizesay onay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-o-o-s-t-z" | |
-2 letters: isotone, ooziest, ozonise. | |
-3 letters: eosine, otiose, ozones, snooze, sozine. | |
-4 letters: eosin, inset, neist, nites, noise, noose, notes, onset, oozes, ozone, seine, seize, sente, senti, seton, snoot, sozin, stein, steno, stone, teens, tense, tines, tones, toons, zeins, zones, zoons. | |
-5 letters: eons, into, ions, nest, nets, nite, nits, noes, nose, note, ones, onto, oots, ooze, seen. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-o-o-s-t-z" | |
+4 letters: contemporizes, emotionalizes, technologizes. | |
+5 letters: metronidazoles, photosensitize, revolutionizes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 53 45 49 5A 45 4F 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01000101 01001001 01011010 01000101 00100000 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   S E I Z E   O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0053 0045 0049 005A 0045 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54492533943603924948 |
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