seizure

Etymology

seize + -ure

noun

1. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
   the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
   The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
   As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life
2. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
   He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.
3. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
   He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
4. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
5. (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.

verb

1. To undergo an epileptic seizure.
   My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order. 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9