单词 | to be seized of or with |
释义 | > as lemmasto be seized (seised) of or †with a. in Passive, to be seized (seised) of or †with: to be in possession of. Now only archaic and with conscious allusion to the legal use. Formerly often influenced by sense 5, 6, or 7, †to have seized, to hold as the result of seizing. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] holda855 haveeOE feoffc1330 werec1330 possede1392 possess1394 to be seized (seised) of or with1477 get1611 rejoice1822 society > law > legal possession > possess in law [verb (transitive)] to be seized (seised) of or with1477 to be settled of1617 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of or hold as tenant [verb (transitive)] > in absolute possession to be seized (seised) of or with1477 to hold in feea1556 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 109 And thus..thou mayst retourne with glorie in to thy countre and be seased with the noble fliese of gold. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxi. 94 Whan Huon sawe that he was sessyd of his horne of Iuorey he was ioyfull. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. D8v As when a Gryfon seized of his pray, A Dragon fiers encountreth in his flight. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiv. 257 Temperat men are seized of the wisdom and knowledge requisit to the calling of a king. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) Pref. sig. ¶¶1v Those (as they vsually stile them) of the Religion..are seased of aboue 70. Townes. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1629) 58 The Outlawes of Bœotia being seazed of Orchomenus and Chæronea,..the Athenians made Warre vpon those places. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxx. 122 If any that sell Goose Eggs do chance to be taken siesed with Hens eggs..they are presently punished with thirty lashes. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 159 Seventy six years his Lungs were seis'd of Breath. 1710 T. Hearne in J. Leland Itinerary I. Pref. p. xii By this means Sir John became seiz'd of far the largest Parcel of this Great Man's Writings. 1713 J. Addison Cato iii. vii So Pluto, seiz'd of Proserpine, convey'd To hell's tremendous gloom th' affrighted maid. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 6 Being seized of his Mother's Crown while she was in exile and a prisoner. 1885 W. E. Gladstone Speech in Standard 14 Apr. I have no doubt that in due time Parliament will be seised of that correspondence. 1896 A. J. Balfour Speech in Daily News 18 Mar. 3/3 So far as I am seised of the case..it appears to me that [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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