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Definition of Seize on

1. Verb. Adopt. "Take up new ideas"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seize On

Literary usage of Seize on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... seize on 3 French ships, one of which was a privateer of 18 guns. A person lately arrived from Ostend sayes great shooting was heard up the country, ..."

2. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"They specially harassed the rear, the division of Demosthenes, hoping that, if they could put one part of the army to flight, a general panic might seize on ..."

3. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... How the king of the French endeavoured to seize on Normandy. Philip, the French king, now gave vent to his hatred against the king of the English, ..."

4. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... How the king of the French endeavoured to seize on Normandy. Philip, the French king, now gave vent to his hatred against the king of the English, ..."

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