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unseize

unseize verb: to release from a state of being seized up, or locked in position.

Verb

unseize (third-person singular simple present unseizes, present participle unseizing, simple past and past participle unseized)

  1. (transitive) To release from a state of being seized up, or locked in position.

Forms of unseize

third-person singular presentunseizes
present participleunseizing
past participleunseized
pastunseized

Origin of unseize

From un- + seize.

Questions about unseize

What does unseize mean?
Unseize means to release from a state of being seized up, or locked in position.
What part of speech is unseize?
Unseize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unseize?
The past tense of unseize is unseized.

Words near unseize in the dictionary

  1. unsegmented
  2. unsegregable
  3. unsegregated
  4. unseizable
  5. unseizableness
  6. unseize
  7. unseized
  8. unseizes
  9. unseizing
  10. unseldom
  11. unselect

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