[
  {
    "word": "seize",
    "phonetic": "/si\u02d0z/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/si\u02d0z/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/seize-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=399100",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.",
            "synonyms": [
              "clasp",
              "grasp",
              "grip"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).",
            "synonyms": [
              "jump on"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take possession of (by force, law etc.).",
            "synonyms": [
              "arrogate",
              "commandeer",
              "confiscate"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to seize a ship after libeling"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a fever seized him"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to seize or stop one rope on to another"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fasten, fix.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to seize on the neck of a horse"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have a seizure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This Court will remain seized of this matter."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "arrogate",
          "commandeer",
          "confiscate",
          "clasp",
          "grasp",
          "grip",
          "jump on"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seize"
    ]
  }
]