seizure C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈsiʒɚ/ UK /ˈsiːʒə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a sudden attack of illness; the act of taking forcible possession The police carried out the seizure of the smuggled goods at dawn. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a sudden attack of illness;... convulsionfitattackspasmconfiscationappropriationcapture ↔ Opposites releasereturn Word family Related forms seizeseizable Common collocations epileptic seizure Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From 'seize' + '-ure'; 'seize' is from Old French 'seisir' ('to take possession of'), from Medieval Latin 'sacire', of Germanic origin. seisir Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # seizure **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsiʒɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsiːʒə/ ## Meanings 1. a sudden attack of illness; the act of taking forcible possession ## Examples - The police carried out the seizure of the smuggled goods at dawn. ## Synonyms - convulsion - fit - attack - spasm - confiscation - appropriation - capture ## Antonyms - release - return ## Related Forms - seize - seizable ## Roots and Affixes - Root: seisir ## Etymology From 'seize' + '-ure'; 'seize' is from Old French 'seisir' ('to take possession of'), from Medieval Latin 'sacire', of Germanic origin. ## AI Etymology Seizure comes from 'seize' + '-ure'; 'seize' is from Old French 'seisir' ('to take possession of'), from Medieval Latin 'sacire', of Germanic origin. The historical chain includes Old French seisir. Older glosses in the chain include "seize", "-ure", "seisir", and "to take possession of", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, seizure is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a sudden attack of illness; the act of taking forcible possession". related forms include seize and seizable. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown