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seize [siːz] VB trans

1. seize (grab):

seize
zgrabiti // grabiti
seize
uhvatiti // hvatati
to seize sb
zgrabiti nekoga

2. seize usu passive fig (overcome):

to be seized with sth
biti obuzet nečim
to be seized with panic
biti obuzet panikom

3. seize (make use of):

seize initiative, opportunity
iskoristiti // koristiti
seize initiative, opportunity
ugrabiti // grabiti

4. seize (capture):

seize
uhvatiti / hvatati
seize criminal
uhvatiti / hvatati
seize criminal
uhapsiti // hapsiti
seize hostage
uzeti // uzimati
to seize power
preuzeti vlast
to seize power (more aggressively)
prigrabiti vlast

5. seize (confiscate):

seize
zapleniti // pleniti

seize up VB intr

seize up engine, machine, brain
otkazati // otkazivati
seize up engine, machine, brain
zablokirati // blokirati
seize up back, muscles
ukočiti se // kočiti se

seize on VB intr

seize on idea
prihvatiti // prihvatati
seize on opportunity
ugrabiti perf
to seize on an excuse
uvažiti opravdanje
to seize power
preuzeti vlast
Present
Iseize
youseize
he/she/itseizes
weseize
youseize
theyseize
Past
Iseized
youseized
he/she/itseized
weseized
youseized
theyseized
Present Perfect
Ihaveseized
youhaveseized
he/she/ithasseized
wehaveseized
youhaveseized
theyhaveseized
Past Perfect
Ihadseized
youhadseized
he/she/ithadseized
wehadseized
youhadseized
theyhadseized
See further verb tables