saisir — [ sezir ] v. tr. <conjug. : 2> • 1080; bas lat. sacire « prendre possession »; du frq. °sakjan « revendiquer un droit » (attesté par le saxon saca « procès »); le sens « mettre en possession » viendrait de l a. haut all. sazjan, du frq.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ηγούμαι — (AM ἡγοῡμαι, έομαι, Α δωρ. τ. ἁγοῡμαι) 1. είμαι οδηγός, προπορεύομαι, προηγούμαι, δείχνω τον δρόμο («ὥς εἰπών ἡγεῑθ , ἡ δ ἕσπετο Παλλάς Ἀθήνη», Ομ. Οδ.) 2. είμαι αρχηγός, προΐσταμαι, διευθύνω πρωτοστατώ («ηγούμαι τής επαναστάσεως») 3. (μτχ. ενεστ … Dictionary of Greek
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… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
seize — (v.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. seisir to put in possession of, to take possession of, from L.L. sacire, generally held to be from a Germanic source, perhaps from Frankish *sakjan lay claim to (Cf. Goth. sokjan, O.E. secan to seek; see SEEK (Cf. seek)) … Etymology dictionary
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… … Word origins
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