Seize, 1) to rush and lay hold on, to gripe, to grasp, to catch; trans.: Lucr. 677. Lucr. 677 Gent. V, 4, 33. John III, 4, 131. R2 III, 4, 55. H6B IV, 10, 27. H6C IV, 2, 24. R3 II, 4, 50. III, 1, 47. Cor. III, 1, 183. Cor. III, 1, 183 Tim. IV, 3, 343. Mcb. II, 3, 128. Oth. IV, 2, 37. Ant. III, 5, 12. III, 11, 47. Cymb. V, 5, 30. Per. IV, 1, 98. IV, 3, 48.
With on: “let vultures vile s. on his lungs also,” H4B V, 3, 145. “let's s. upon him,” H6C III, 1, 23. “s. on the shame-faced Henry, bear him hence,” IV, 8, 52. “s. on him, Furies,” R3 I, 4, 57.
2) to take, or get possession of by force; trans.: “having first --d his books,” Tp. III, 2, 97. “what's open made to justice, that justice --s,” Meas. II, 1, 22. “shall s. one half his goods,” Merch. IV, 1, 353 (Q1 on half). “I'll s. thy life, with what thou else callest thine,” Wint. II, 3, 137. “if you do wrongfully s. Hereford's rights,” R2 II, 1, 201. “our treasure --d,” H6C III, 3, 36. Followed by prepositional expressions: “thy lands and all things . . . do we s. into our hands,” As III, 1, 10. R2 II, 1, 189. R2 II, 1, 189 “we do s. to us the plate,” R2 II, 1, 189 “nor the god of war shall s. this prey out of his father's hands,” Tit. IV, 2, 96.
With on: “shall s. on half his goods,” Merch. IV, 1, 353 (Ff Q2 one half). “Bolingbroke --d on the realm,” H6B II, 2, 24. “--d upon their towns and provinces,” H6C I, 1, 109. “his lands then --d on by the conqueror,” III, 2, 3. “s. upon Fife,” Mcb. IV, 1, 151.
3) to fall on, to attack, to overpower: “say this were death that now hath --d them,” Tp. II, 1, 261 (cf. Ant. III, 11, 47. Cymb. V, 5, 30). “infirmity . . . hath something --d his wished ability,” Wint. V, 1, 142. “sleep hath --d me wholly,” Cymb. II, 2, 7. “despair hath --d her,” III, 5, 60.
4) to take, to get possession of in any manner: “s. thee that list,” Shr. III, 1, 91. s. it (the glove) “if thou darest,” R2 IV, 48. “here, cousin, s. the crown,” R2 IV, 48 “this prince in justice --th but his own,” Tit. I, 281. Tit. I, 281
With on: “with this she --th on his sweating palm,” Ven. 25. “even thus he --d on my lips,” Pilgr. 151. “another ship had --d on us,” Err. I, 1, 113 (had taken us on board). “which is the lady I must s. upon?” Ado V, 4, 53. “they may s. on the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand,” Rom. III, 3, 35. “thee and thy virtues I here s. upon,” Lr. I, 1, 255. “natures of such deep trust we shall much need: you we first s. on,” II, 1, 118. s. “upon the fortunes of the Moor,” Oth. V, 2, 366. to s. love == to conceive love? “can thy right hand s. love upon thy left?” Ven. 158 (the earlier Qq ceaze).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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