Definition of "seizes" [seizes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seize. (verb)

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• "Great Britain seizes control of the Cape Colony (near present day Cape Town) from the Dutch."
• "So ruin seizes on the godless in the zenith of prosperity, more suddenly than on others who appear less firmly seated in their possessions"
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