Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To seize again; seize a second time.
- To put into possession of; reinstate: chiefly in such phrases as to be reseized of or in (to be repossessed of).
- In law, to take possession of, as of lands and tenements which have been disseized.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To seize again, or a second time.
- transitive verb To put in possession again; to reinstate.
- transitive verb (Law) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
seize (assets, property, etc.) again.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Power -- government, corporate, even media power -- works compulsively to reseize control of the narrative.
Merrill Cole: WikiLeaks and David Wojnarowicz: A Perspective from Berlin Merrill Cole 2011
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Power -- government, corporate, even media power -- works compulsively to reseize control of the narrative.
Merrill Cole: WikiLeaks and David Wojnarowicz: A Perspective from Berlin Merrill Cole 2011
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Power -- government, corporate, even media power -- works compulsively to reseize control of the narrative.
Merrill Cole: WikiLeaks and David Wojnarowicz: A Perspective from Berlin Merrill Cole 2011
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Power -- government, corporate, even media power -- works compulsively to reseize control of the narrative.
Merrill Cole: WikiLeaks and David Wojnarowicz: A Perspective from Berlin Merrill Cole 2011
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The Iraqi insurgents then let all the prisoners out of jail and escaped, and the U.S. had to come in and -- U.S. forces had to come in and reseize that jail -- Lou.
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He had to come out fighting and reseize the lead in this thing.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Who Won the New Hampshire Presidential Debate? - January 26, 2000 2000
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In another legal ruling the Carabinieri have been granted permission to reseize the objects - but key pieces have been dispersed.
Museum Blogs 2010
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The boots are no modify but include reseize scripts.
Fashion World of SL 2009
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