SEIZE

Seize

Seize are a British electronic band. The origins of Seize date back to 1997 when Sandrine Gouriou and Steven Young collaborated to form the project ‘Seize The Day’, with the duo going on to produce their debut E.P ‘Blades’. A year later they changed the name to simply ‘Seize’. Following their debut gig in London in 2000, the pair went on to perform across the country..

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seize

Verb

  1. to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
  2. to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
  3. to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
    to seize smuggled goods
    to seize a ship after libeling
  4. to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
    a panic seized the crowd
    a fever seized him
  5. to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
    to seize two fish-hooks back to back
    to seize or stop one rope on to another
  6. to fasten, fix
  7. to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ or )
    to seize on the neck of a horse
    The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year. (Southey, Bunyan, p. 21)
  8. to have a seizure
  9. to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
    Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.


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