seize

• vt. 取り押さえる；奪う；理解する；逮捕する。
• vi. 押さえる；利用する；（機械を）妨害する。

中英語のseisen（占領する、押さえる）から、古フランス語のseisir（占領する、押さえる）から、ラテン語のsacire（要求する、要求する）から、原語ゲルマン語の*sakana（要求する、求める、要求する）から、PIE *sag（要求する、求める）から、語源的にはseek（求める、酒）と同じ。

seize

seize: [13] Seize entered English as a term in the feudal legal system, meaning ‘take possession of property’. It was borrowed from Old French seisir, which went back via a Gallo-Latin *sacīre ‘claim’ to a prehistoric Germanic *sakjan. This in turn was derived from the base *sak- ‘process’, which also produced English sake (one of whose ancestral meanings was ‘legal action’).
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seize (v.)

mid-13c., from Old French seisir "to take possession of, take by force; put in possession of, bestow upon" (Modern French saisir), from Late Latin sacire, which is generally held to be from a Germanic source, but the exact origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Frankish *sakjan "lay claim to" (compare Gothic sokjan, Old English secan "to seek;" see seek). Or perhaps from Proto-Germanic *satjan "to place" (see set (v.)).

Originally a legal term in reference to feudal property holdings or offices. Meaning "to grip with the hands or teeth" is from c. 1300; that of "to take possession by force or capture" (of a city, etc.) is from mid-14c. Figurative use, with reference to death, disease, fear, etc. is from late 14c. Meaning "to grasp with the mind" is attested from 1855. Of engines or other mechanisms, attested from 1878. Related: Seized; seizing.

1. Carpe diem. Seize the day，boys.Make your lives extraordinary.

人生は楽しいものであるべきで、毎日をつかまえて、子供たち、あなたたちの生活を非凡にしてください。

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2.Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power.

将校たちは昨日権力奪取未遂を犯した。

3.The government now hopes to seize the initiative on education.

今、政府は教育上の主導権をつかみたいと考えている。

4.Coup plotters tried to seize power in Moscow.

クーデター計画者はモスクワの政権奪取を試みた。

5.The lady conspired to seize supreme power.

この女性は最高権力の奪取を企んでいる。