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語源

From seize +‎ -ure.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈsi.ʒɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)]
• (Can we verify this pronunciation?) IPA: /ˈsizjʊɚ/
• 韻: -iːʒə(ɹ)

名詞

seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)

1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

   the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

   The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:

     As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away

2. (medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

   He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

   He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

4. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
5. (obsolete) A retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
   • 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

     Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.

派生語

動詞

seizure (third-person singular simple present seizures, present participle seizuring, simple past and past participle seizured)

1. (informal, intransitive) To experience an epileptic seizure.
   • 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9:

     My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.

同意語

• seize

参照

• Search and seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia