Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Seize \Seize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F.
   saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning
   is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession
   of. See {Set}, v. t.]
   1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or
      grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

            For by no means the high bank he could seize.
                                                  --Spenser.

            Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The
            royalties and rights of banished Hereford? --Shak.

Seizing \Seiz"ing\, n.
   1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

   2. (Naut.)
      (a) The operation of fastening together or lashing.
      (b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.

Source : WordNet®

seizing
     n 1: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes
          together
     2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {grasping},
         {taking hold}, {prehension}]