Replace and Seize

verb

• Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected. )
  • usage: "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
• Take the place or move into the position of.
  • usage: "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
  • synonyms: supplant, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
• Put something back where it belongs.
  • usage: "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
  • synonyms: put back
• Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
  • usage: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
  • synonyms: substitute, interchange, exchange

• (v.t.) To put in a new or different place.
• (v.t.) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition or the like.
• (v.t.) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
• (v.t.) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
• (v.t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

verb

• Take hold of; grab.
  • usage: "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
  • synonyms: prehend, clutch
• Take or capture by force.
  • usage: "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
• Take possession of by force, as after an invasion.
  • usage: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • synonyms: appropriate, capture, conquer
• Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
  • usage: "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
  • synonyms: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate
• Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
  • usage: "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
  • synonyms: assume, usurp, take over, arrogate
• Hook by a pull on the line.
  • usage: "strike a fish"
• Affect.
  • usage: "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
  • synonyms: clutch, get hold of
• Capture the attention or imagination of.
  • usage: "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
  • synonyms: grab

• (v.t.) To fasten; to fix.
• (v.t.) To take possession of by force.
• (v.t.) To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
• (v.t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
• (v.t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
• (v.t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
• (v.t.) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.