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saisir.

to take hold of; to grab

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɛ.ziʁ//se.ziʁ/
  1. to take hold of; to grab

  2. to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture

  3. to grasp mentally; understand

  4. to capture (screen or data)

  5. to type (something) into a computer; to input

  6. to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.

  7. to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French saisir, from Old French saisir, seisir (whence English seize), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“lay claim to, take seisin”), from Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, litigate; accuse”). Compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”), Faroese saka (“to hurt; accuse”), obsolete English sake (“strife”). Alternatively Old French saisir, seisir may be borrowed from Old High German *sazjan and thus cognate to German setzen (“to set”) and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan).

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