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  • 61 occupo

    occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:

    occupassit for occupaverit,

    id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a. [obcapio; lit., to lay hold of; hence], to take possession of, seize, occupy any thing (esp. a place; class.; cf.: expugno, obsideo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere atque occupare cogitat,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:

    locum,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 67:

    possessiones,

    id. Phil. 13, 5, 12:

    urbes,

    Liv. 33, 31:

    montem,

    Tac. A. 4, 47:

    portum,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 2:

    aditum,

    to go in, enter, Verg. A. 6, 424:

    regnum,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

    tyrannidem,

    id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

    familiam optimam occupavit,

    has got hold of, has got into, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11:

    occupando adquirere aliquid,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215:

    vindemia occupabit sementem,

    shall reach to, Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.— Poet.:

    aliquem amplexu,

    to clasp in one's arms, to embrace, Ov. F. 3, 509.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To occupy, i. e. to take up, fill with any thing:

    atrā nube polum,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 44:

    urbem (sc. aedificiis),

    Liv. 5, 55:

    caementis Tyrrhenum mare,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—
    2.
    To fall upon, attack one with any thing (syn. invado):

    Latagum saxo... Occupat os faciemque adversam,

    Verg. A. 10, 699:

    aliquem gladio,

    id. ib. 9, 770:

    aliquem morsu,

    Ov. M. 3, 48:

    canes ense,

    Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84):

    ne occupet te pluvia,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: caligo, id. Job, 3, 5.— Poet., in a friendly sense, to surprise:

    Volteium Philippus Vilia vendentem Occupat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.—
    3.
    To get the start of, to be beforehand with, to anticipate, to do a thing first, to outstrip:

    occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6:

    volo, tu prior ut occupes adire,

    that you should present yourself the first, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15:

    praeloqui,

    id. Rud. 1, 4, 18:

    bellum facere,

    to begin the war first, Liv. 1, 14:

    rapere oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To seize, take possession of, fill, invade, engross:

    tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    tremor occupat artus,

    Ov. M. 3, 40:

    sopor occupat artus,

    Verg. G. 4, 190:

    animos magnitudine rei,

    Cic. Font. 5, 20:

    pallor ora,

    Verg. A. 4, 499.—
    B.
    To take up, occupy, employ: haec causa primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

    cum in mentem venit tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi,

    Liv. 31, 1, 3:

    in funambulo Animum,

    Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4:

    contio, quae homines occupatos occupat,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7:

    tanta superstitio mentis Siculorum occupavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to put out or lay out money:

    pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti,

    have loaned it at a high rate, id. Fl. 21, 51:

    pecunias apud populos,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

    pecuniam animalibus,

    to lay out, invest in cattle, Col. 1, 8, 13:

    pecuniam in pecore,

    id. 11, 1:

    argentum,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.— Pass.:

    ante occupatur animus ab iracundiā,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, occupied, employed, busy, engaged (class.):

    ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus etiam otiosi,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:

    in eo, ut,

    Nep. Alc. 8, 1:

    tempora,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

    qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt,

    id. Off. 1, 17, 57:

    hostibus opere occupatis,

    Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.— Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.— Sup.:

    non dubito, quin occupatissimus fueris,

    very much occupied, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.

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  • 62 attingō (adt-)

        attingō (adt-) tigī, tāctus, ere    [ad + tango], to touch, come in contact with: prius quam aries murum attigisset, Cs.: telas putris, to handle, V.: Maenalon, set foot on, O.: mento aquam: pedibus terram, N.—To touch, strike, lay hands on, seize: illam, T.: (fanum), to violate: si Vestinus attingeretur, were attacked, L.: herbam, crop, V.—To approach, reach, arrive at, attain to: Italiam: lumina, i. e. life, V.: arces igneas, i. e. divine honors, H.—Of places, to be near, border on, adjoin, touch: (regio) Ciliciam: eorum fines Nervii attingebant, Cs.—Fig., to touch, affect, reach: dignitatem tuam contumeliā: quos ea infamia attingeret, L.—Of speech, to touch upon, mention, refer to: quem simul atque attigi: genera breviter: tantum modo summas, N.: ea, tamquam volnera, L.—To undertake, enter upon, engage in, take in hand, manage: causam Murenae: forum, i. e. public affairs: Graecas litteras: poeticam, N.: arma, to arm themselves, L.: alqd extremis digitis, i. e. have little experience in. — To reach, attain: auctoritatem loci: haec.—To come in contact with, be related to, belong to, resemble: officiis populum: Res gerere... Attingit solium Iovis, the administration of the state borders on, etc., H.

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  • 63 aggredior (ad-g-)

        aggredior (ad-g-) gressus, ī, dep.    [ad + gradior], to approach: aliquo. — Esp., to approach, apply to, address: legatos aggreditur, S.: iudicem, to influence: mortales pecuniā, with bribes, S.: Venerem dictis, to accost, V.: astute, make advances, T.—To go against, fall upon, attack, assault: eos impeditos, Cs.: milites, S.: bene comitatum: alqm ferro, O.: murum scalis, S.: comminus, O.: adgressi iniciunt vincula, attacking, V.—Fig., to set about, undertake, assume, begin, attempt, try: de quibus dicere adgrediar: avellere Palladium, V.: oppidum oppugnare, Cs.: mollire impetum, L.: ad crimen: ad petitionem consulatūs, to become a candidate: ad faciendam iniuriam: ancipitem causam: maiora, S.: aliā viā, try another way, T. — To lay claim to, seize (poet.): magnos honores, V.

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  • 64 iniciō

        iniciō (iniiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere    [1 in+iacio], to throw in, put in, hurl upon, put on, cast on, set into: domus ardebat ignibus iniectis: eo militibus iniectis (i. e. in navīs), Cs.: dextram accenso foculo, L.: iniecto ter pulvere, H.: ignīs tectis, L.: mihi terram, bury, V.: se in medios hostīs: sese medium in agmen, V.—To form by throwing, heap up, build: velut aggere aut ponte iniecto, L.—To insert, build in: eo super tigna sesquipedalia iniciunt, Cs.—To put on, throw over, impose, apply: inici catenas imperat: eique laneum pallium iniecit: bracchia caelo, i. e. attack, O.: ipsis ex vincula sertis, V.: iniecti umeris capilli, falling over, O.—In the phrase, manum inicere, with dat, to lay hands on, seize, take possession of: virgini, L.: ipsa mihi veritas manum inicit, i. e. checks: Iniecere manum Parcae (sc. iuveni), V.— Fig., to bring into, inspire, suggest, impress, infuse, occasion, cause: terrorem mortis: cunctationem, L.: stimulis iras, V.: scrupulum homini, T.: tumultum civitati: studium pugnandi exercitui, Cs.: vobis causam deliberandi, furnish: plaga iniecta petitioni, given: puellis curam, H.: in alqd se iniciens animus, dwelling on.—To throw out a hint, mention, suggest: Bruto cum saepe iniecissem de, etc.: meum nomen imperitis: mentio de furtis iniecta, H.
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    inicere, injeci, injectus V TRANS
    hurl/throw/strike in/into; inject; put on; inspire, instill (feeling, etc)

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  • 65 in-ruō (irr-)

        in-ruō (irr-) ruī, —, ere,    to rush in, invade, press into, make an attack: quam mox inruimus? T.: ferro, V.: in aedīs, T.: vi in tectum: ne ille huc prorsus se inruat, T.—Fig., to force a way in, rush into, enter eagerly upon, seize: in alienas possessiones: in odium populi R., incur.—Of a speaker: ne quo inruas, i. e. trip through haste.

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  • 66 recipiō

        recipiō cēpī (recepsō for recēperō, Ct.), ceptus, ere    [re+capio].    I. To take back, bring back, carry back, retake, get back, regain, recover: dandis recipiendisque meritis, by an exchange of services: si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat, Cs.: reges, L.: canam, recepto Caesare felix, H.: Tarentum, recaptured: praeda recepta est, L.: Pectore in adverso ensem Condidit, et recepit, drew out again, V.: suos omnīs incolumes (sc. ex oppido in castra), withdraw, Cs.: cohortes defessos, Cs.: Illum medio ex hoste, rescue, V.—With pron reflex., to draw back, withdraw, betake oneself, retire, retreat, escape: se ex hisce locis: se ex fugā, Cs.: se recipiendi spatium, L.: se ad Caesarem, Cs.: ex castris in oppidum sese, Cs.: rursus se ad signa, Cs.: se in novissimos, L.: sub murum se, Cs.: eo se, Cs.: Neque sepulcrum quo recipiat habeat, portum corporis (sc. se), Enn. ap. C.—Fig., to bring back: (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum.— To get back, receive again, regain, recover, repossess: antiquam frequentiam recipere urbem pati, L.: et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit, got back, O.: quam (vitam) postquam recepi, recovered, O.: animam, T.: a pavore recepto animo, L.: voltumque animumque, O.: mente receptā, H.—With pron reflex., to betake oneself, withdraw, retire: ad frugem bonam: ad reliquam cogitationem belli, Cs.— To recover, collect oneself, resume self-possession: ut me recepi: nullum spatium recipiendi se dedit, L.: se ex terrore, Cs.: totā me mente, O.—    II. To take to oneself, take in, admit, accept, receive, welcome: Excludor, ille recipitur, T.: Xerxem, await the attack of: hos tutissimus portus recipiebat, Cs.: Mosa ex Rheno recepta insulam efficit, Cs.: equus frenum recepit, submitted to, H.: Hominem amicum ad te, T.: hominem ad epulas: gentes in civitatem receptae: deorum in templa, H.: Ilergetes in ius dicionemque, L.: reges in amicitiam, S.: sidera in caelo recepta, O.: tecto recipi, Cs.: illum suis urbibus: oppido ac portu recepti, Cs.: legatos moenibus, S.: eum domum suam: ut domum ad se quisque hospitio reciperet, Cs.—Of money or income, to take in, receive, collect, acquire, gain: pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus: pecunia, quae recipi potest.—Of weapons or fetters, to submit to, accept, receive, expose oneself to: necesse erat ab latere aperto tela recipi, Cs.: ferrum: donec (equus) frenum recepit, H.—Of places, to seize, capture, take, possess, occupy: Praeneste per deditionem, L.: oppido recepto, Cs.: rem p. armis, S. —Fig., to take upon oneself, assume, receive, accept, admit, allow: in semet ipsum religionem, to burden himself with, L.: antiquitas recepit fabulas: nec inconstantiam virtus recipit: timor misericordiam non recipit, Cs.: casūs recipere (res), be liable to, Cs.: re iam non ultra recipiente cunctationem, L. — To take up, undertake, accept, assume: causam Siciliae: id facere, quod recepissem, T.: officium. — To assume an obligation, pledge oneself, take the responsibility, be surety for, warrant, promise, engage: ad me recipio; Faciet, T.: promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.: promitto, recipio, spondeo, Caesarem talem semper fore, etc.: facturum, quod milites vellent, se recepit, L.: fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me, had given him a solemn assurance: ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio: mihi in Cumano se defensurum, etc.: postulabat ut... id ipsi fore reciperent, Cs.—Of a magistrate, with nomen, to entertain a charge against, enter as an accused person, indict: nomen absentis: appellantibus nemo erat auxilio, quin nomina reciperentur, L.
    * * *
    recipere, recepi, receptus V
    keep back; recover; undertake; guarantee; accept, take in; take back

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  • 67 conripio

    conripere, conripui, conreptus V TRANS
    seize/grasp/snatch up, lay hold of; sweep off; carry away; appropriate/arrogate; censure/reproach/rebuke/chastise; shorten/abridge; hasten (upon); catch (fire)

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  • 68 corripio

    corripere, corripui, correptus V TRANS
    seize/grasp/snatch up, lay hold of; sweep off; carry away; appropriate/arrogate; censure/reproach/rebuke/chastise; shorten/abridge; hasten (upon); catch (fire)

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  • 69 involo

    involare, involavi, involatus V
    fly into or at, rush upon; seize on

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  • 70 invado

    I.
    to undertake, go in, enter, get in.
    II.
    to assail, usurp, seize, attack, fall upon.

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  • 71 adfectato

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 72 adfecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 73 affecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 74 amplecto

    am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

    amplectimur tibi genua,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

    exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

    Tac. H. 3, 25:

    effigiem Augusti amplecti,

    id. A. 4, 67:

    magnam Herculis aram,

    id. ib. 12, 24:

    serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

    Lucr. 5, 34:

    quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

    id. 1, 135:

    manibus saxa,

    to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

    munimento amplecti,

    id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

    amplectitur intra se insulam,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

    amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

    Verg. E. 3, 45:

    urbes amplecti muro,

    Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

    visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

    ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—
    B.
    Of space, to embrace:

    spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

    Tac. A. 12, 56:

    quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

    id. ib. 4, 49:

    domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

    Manil. 1, 536.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

    animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

    Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

    quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

    id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

    cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

    id. Att. 12, 35.—
    B.
    In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

    quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

    actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40:

    omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

    id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

    totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

    quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

    si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

    to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

    sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

    Tac. A. 4, 34.—
    C.
    Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

    Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—
    D.
    To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

    quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

    nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

    id. Mil. 72:

    aliquem amicissime,

    id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

    hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

    esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

    qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

    Cic. Sull. 20;

    opp. repudiare,

    id. de Or. 1, 24;

    opp. removere,

    id. Cat. 4, 7:

    amplecti virtutem,

    id. Phil. 10, 4:

    nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

    id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

    causam rei publicae amplecti,

    Cic. Sest. 93;

    and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

    id. Fl. 18.—
    E.
    In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

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  • 75 amplector

    am-plector (old form amploctor, Prisc. p. 552, 39 P.), exus, 3, v. dep. ( act. form amplecto, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.; Struve, 114.—In pass., Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 27; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., to wind or twine round a person or thing (aliquem, plekesthai amphitina; hence with reference to the other object; cf. adimo), to surround, encompass, encircle; of living beings, to embrace (class. in prose and poetry): genua amplectens, Liv. And. Od. ap. Diom. p. 379 P. (as transl. of Hom. Od. 6, 142: gounôn labôn):

    amplectimur tibi genua,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 16; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 25:

    exsanguem (patrem) amplexus,

    Tac. H. 3, 25:

    effigiem Augusti amplecti,

    id. A. 4, 67:

    magnam Herculis aram,

    id. ib. 12, 24:

    serpens arboris amplectens stirpem,

    Lucr. 5, 34:

    quorum tellus amplectitur ossa,

    id. 1, 135:

    manibus saxa,

    to grasp, Liv. 5, 47:

    munimento amplecti,

    id. 35, 28; so id. 41, 5 et saep.:

    amplectitur intra se insulam,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 3:

    amplexa jugerum soli quercus,

    id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

    Verg. E. 3, 45:

    urbes amplecti muro,

    Hor. A. P. 209 et saep.:

    visne ego te ac tute me amplectare?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 9; * Ter. And. 2, 5, 19:

    ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 3 (id. Rep. 6, 14, where Orell. reads complexus).—
    B.
    Of space, to embrace:

    spatium amplexus ad vim remigii,

    Tac. A. 12, 56:

    quattuor milia passuum ambitu amplexus est,

    id. ib. 4, 49:

    domus naturae amplectens pontum terrasque jacentes,

    Manil. 1, 536.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To embrace in mind or knowledge, i. e. to comprehend, to understand:

    animo rei magnitudinem amplecti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19:

    Quas (artes) si quis unus complexus omnes,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 76:

    quae si judex non amplectetur omnia consilio, non animo ac mente circumspiciet,

    id. Font. 7; also simply to reflect upon, to consider:

    cogitationem toto pectore amplecti,

    id. Att. 12, 35.—
    B.
    In discourse, to comprehend, i.e. to discuss, to handle, treat:

    quod ego argumentum pluribus verbis amplecterer,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:

    actio verbis causam et rationem juris amplectitur,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40:

    omnes res per scripturam amplecti,

    id. Inv. 2, 50: non ego cuncta meis amplecti versibus opto, Verg. G. 2, 42:

    totius Ponti forma breviter amplectenda est, ut facilius partes noscantur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75.—Also of a name, to comprehend under:

    quod idem interdum virtutis nomine amplectimur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf.:

    si quis universam et propriam oratoris vim definire complectique vult,

    to define the peculiar function of the orator and include the whole of it, id. de Or. 1, 15, 64; so of a law, to include:

    sed neque haec (verba) in principem aut principis parentem, quos lex majestatis amplectitur,

    Tac. A. 4, 34.—
    C.
    Of study, learning, to include, embrace: neque eam tamen scientiam, quam adjungis oratori, complexus es, but yet have notincluded in your attainments that knowledge which, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 77:

    Quod si tantam rerum maximarum arte suā rhetorici illi doctores complecterentur,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 86.—
    D.
    To embrace in heart, i.e. to love, favor, cherish:

    quem mihi videtur amplecti res publica,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3:

    nimis amplecti plebem videbatur,

    id. Mil. 72:

    aliquem amicissime,

    id. Fam. 6, 6 fin.; Sall. J. 7, 6:

    hoc se amplectitur uno, i. e. se amat,

    esteems himself, Hor. S. 1, 2, 53:

    qui tanto amore possessiones suas amplexi tenebant,

    Cic. Sull. 20;

    opp. repudiare,

    id. de Or. 1, 24;

    opp. removere,

    id. Cat. 4, 7:

    amplecti virtutem,

    id. Phil. 10, 4:

    nobilitatem et dignitates hominum amplecti,

    id. Fam. 4, 8: mens hominis amplectitur maxime cognitionem, delights in understanding, id. Ac. pr. 2, 10, 31: (episcopum) amplectentem eum fidelem sermonem, * Vulg. Tit. 1, 9: amplexus civitates (sc. animo), having fixed his mind on, i. e. intending to attack, seize, Tac. Agr. 25:

    causam rei publicae amplecti,

    Cic. Sest. 93;

    and so playfully of one who robs the State treasury: rem publicam nimium amplecti,

    id. Fl. 18.—
    E.
    In circumlocution: magnam Brigantium partem aut victoriā amplexus est aut bello, embraced in conquest, i. e. conquered, Tac. Agr. 17.

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  • 76 collum

    collum, i, n. (ante-class. access. form collus, i, m., Naev., Cato, Lucil., Att., Caecil., Varr. ap. Non. p. 200, 14 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 107; 4, 3, 2; and, acc. to Non. l. l., also id. Am. 1, 1, 289:

    nec collos mihi Calvus persuaserit,

    Quint. 1, 6, 42; Front. Ep. ad M. [p. 369] Caes. 2, 16) [cf. Germ. Hals].
    I.
    Prop., the neck, of men and animals:

    accipite si vultis hoc onus in vostros collos, Cato, l.l.: anseris, Lucil. l.l.: pavonis, Varr. l. l.: columbarum,

    Lucr. 2, 802; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19; id. N. D. 2, 47, 122 al.:

    in collum invasit,

    fell upon the neck, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77: amplexu petebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

    pendentia bracchia collo,

    Tib. 3, 6, 45; Verg. A. 1, 715:

    collo dare bracchia circum,

    id. ib. 6, 700:

    implicuit materno bracchia collo,

    Ov. M. 1, 762:

    colloque infusa mariti,

    id. ib. 11, 386; cf. id. ib. 14, 585:

    cingere colla lacertis,

    id. A. A. 2, 457:

    complecti lacertis,

    id. M. 10, 407:

    captare lacertis,

    id. H. 8, 93:

    adducere lacertis,

    id. M. 6, 625 et saep.:

    avaritiae poenam collo et cervicibus suis sustinere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108:

    conjecta vincula collo,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83:

    collum in laqueum inserere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    monstri angere,

    Stat. Th. 4, 827:

    aptare vincula collo,

    Ov. M. 10, 381:

    colla assuescere servitio,

    Verg. G. 3, 167:

    tonsori committere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—Hence,
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    As a symbol of servitude:

    dare colla triumpho,

    Prop. 2 (3), 10, 15:

    eripe turpi Colla jugo,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 92.—
    b.
    (As in Engl., it costs him his neck, etc.) A symbol of life:

    actum'st de collo meo,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 194; cf.:

    posuit collum in Pulvere Teucro,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 11.—
    c.
    Collum torquere, obtorquere, obstringere alicui, legal t. t., to seize by the neck and drag before a tribunal or to prison:

    priusquam obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45 (cf.:

    obtortā gulā de convivio in vincla abripi jussit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24); Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 15; Liv. 4, 53, 8.—
    II.
    Meton., of the neck of a flask, bottle, Cato, R. R. 88, 1; Phaedr. 1, 26, 10; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161; 28, 11, 48, § 174.—Of the poppy, Verg. A. 9, 436.—Of the middle part of Mount Parnassus, Stat. Th. 9, 643.

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  • 77 discepto

    discepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dis and capio].
    I.
    Jurid. t. t. (lit., to seize hold of and separate; hence, to stop the dispute), to decide, determine, judge a controversy, = dijudicare (cf.: dissero, disputo;

    good prose, but rare): res juste sapienterque,

    Cic. Mil. 9:

    hanc causam si in foro dicerem eodem audiente et disceptante te,

    id. Deiot. 2, 6; cf.:

    ipso exercitu disceptante,

    Liv. 5, 4:

    jus dicebat disceptabatque controversias,

    id. 41, 20; cf.:

    controversias inter se jure ac judicio, aut... bello,

    id. 38, 38 fin.:

    inter populum Carthaginiensem et regem in re praesenti,

    id. 34, 62 fin.:

    inter amicos,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2. al.:

    FETIALES BELLA DISCEPTANTO,

    i. e. to decide between peace and war, Cic. Leg. 2, 9.—
    * B.
    Beyond the judic. sphere: cum Academici eorum controversias disceptarent, Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6.—Far more freq.,.
    II.
    Transf., of the parties themselves: to debate, dispute, discuss, strive.
    (α).
    With de:

    de controversiis jure apud se potius, quam inter se armis disceptare,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 107 fin.; cf.:

    de controversiis suis jure potius quam bello,

    Sall. J. 21 fin.; and see under b:

    non de aliquo crimine sed de publico jure,

    Cic. Balb. 28, 64; cf.:

    de foederum jure verbis,

    Liv. 21, 19:

    de jure vectigalium,

    id. 34, 62:

    de cunctis negotiis inter se,

    Sall. J. 11, 2 al. —Ellipt.:

    damni (i. e. de actione damni) disceptare,

    Dig. 48, 19, 28, § 12.— Pass. impers.:

    quanto periculo de jure publico disceptaretur armis,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2; 6, 1, 5:

    quorum de re,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

    de omnibus condicionibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

    de agro cum regis legatis,

    Liv. 34, 62 al. —With ob:

    ob rem pecuniariam cum aliquo,

    Tac. A. 6, 5.—With ad:

    ad aliquem,

    Liv. 8, 23.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    erat non jure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum,

    Cic. Planc. 36; so,

    cum palaestritis aequo jure,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 15; cf.:

    jure potius quam bellum gerere,

    Hirt. B. G. 85 fin.:

    armis,

    Tac. A. 2, 65.— Pass. impers.:

    ut coram imperatore, sicut inter Marcellum Siculosque disceptatum fuerat, disceptaretur,

    Liv. 26, 33; cf. id. 38, 35.— Abl. absol.:

    multum invicem disceptato,

    Tac. A. 15, 14.—
    * B.
    With inanimate subjects:

    in uno proelio omnis fortuna rei publicae disceptat,

    depends upon, is at stake, Cic. Fam. 10, 10.

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  • 78 involo

    in-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to fly into or to a place; to fly at, rush upon.
    I.
    Lit. (class.).
    (α).
    With in and acc.:

    in villam columbae,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1:

    vix me contineam, quin involem in capillum,

    from flying at his hair, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

    unguibus illi in oculos venefico,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 6:

    in possessionem,

    to take forcible possession of, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122.—
    (β).
    With ad: involare ad aliquem, eumque sauciare, Auct. B. Alex. 52.—
    II.
    Transf., with acc., to attack, seize, take possession of, carry off (syn. occupo):

    equites... citi ab dextera maxumo cum clamore involant,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 89:

    piscator singulos involat,

    Plin. 9, 59, 85, § 181:

    castra,

    Tac. H. 4, 33.—Of things:

    animos involat cupido eundi in hostem,

    Tac. A. 1, 49:

    pallium,

    Cat. 25, 6:

    plus ex hereditate, quam, etc.,

    Petr. 43:

    ancorae involantur de mari,

    Dig. 47, 9, 6.

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  • 79 latrocinanter

    lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].
    I.
    To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.):

    ibit aliquo Latrocinatum,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—
    II.
    To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway:

    Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.:

    ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur,

    id. Mil. 7, 17:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.— To commit piracy:

    maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize:

    pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto,

    Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—
    * 2.
    Of a physician who dissects a body:

    mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum,

    Cels. 1 praef. —Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter, adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.

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  • 80 latrocinor

    lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].
    I.
    To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.):

    ibit aliquo Latrocinatum,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—
    II.
    To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway:

    Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.:

    ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur,

    id. Mil. 7, 17:

    vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.— To commit piracy:

    maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize:

    pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto,

    Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—
    * 2.
    Of a physician who dissects a body:

    mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum,

    Cels. 1 praef. —Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter, adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.

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  • seize upon — verb a) To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly. The child seized upon the cats tail as soon as it was within reach. b) To take up, embrace …   Wiktionary

  • seize\ upon — I. v To make use of (a happening or idea.) Bob seized on the rain as an excuse for missing school. II. v. phr. To latch onto. Whenever Herb is in a romantic mood, Irene seizes on it and starts talking about marriage, which is not what Herb had in …   Словарь американских идиом

  • Seize — Seize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See {Set}, v …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seize — [sēz] vt. seized, seizing [ME saisen < OFr saisir < ML sacire, prob. < Frank * sakjan, to lay claim to one s rights < IE base * sāg > SAKE1] 1. a) Historical to put in legal possession of a feudal holding b) to put in legal… …   English World dictionary

  • seize — v. (d; intr.) to seize on, upon (to seize upon a chance remark) * * * [siːz] upon (to seize upon a chance remark) (d; intr.) to seize on …   Combinatory dictionary

  • seize on — phrasal verb seize on or seize upon [transitive, often passive] Word forms seize on : present tense I/you/we/they seize on he/she/it seizes on present participle seizing on past tense seized on past participle seized on seize on/upon something to …   English dictionary

  • seize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. grasp, clutch; capture, arrest, appropriate, confiscate; afflict; attach, distrain; comprehend, understand. See stealing, intelligence, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grasp] Syn. take, take …   English dictionary for students

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