different between join vs seize

English

Alternative forms

• joyn, joyne, joyen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iung? (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ?eocian, ?y??an (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Hyphenation: join

Noun

join (plural joins)

1. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
2. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
3. (computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
4. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ?.

Antonyms

• (lowest upper bound): meet

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)

1. (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
3. (transitive) To come into the company of.
4. (transitive) To become a member of.
5. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

6. To unite in marriage.
7. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
   • 1527 (originally published, quote is from a later edition), William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man

     They join them penance, as they call it.

8. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (to combine more than one item into one): bewed, connect, fay, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

Translations

References

• join on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nijo

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yoin

Etymology

From Latin ?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /join/

Numeral

join (plural joina)

1. one

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

join

1. first-person singular indicative past of juoda

Etymology 2

Noun

join

1. instructive plural of joki

Anagrams

• Joni, ojin

English

Etymology

Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir (“to take possession of; invest (person, court)”), from Medieval Latin sac?re (“to lay claim to, appropriate”) (8th century) in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Old Low Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring legal action”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjan?, *sak?n? (compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *sakan? (compare Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”), Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”), Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”). Cognate to sake and Latin sagio (“to perceive acutely”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?z, IPA^(key): /si?z/
• Homophones: seas, sees

Verb

seize (third-person singular simple present seizes, present participle seizing, simple past and past participle seized)

1. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

   Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip; see also Thesaurus:grasp

2. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

   Synonym: jump on

3. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

   Synonyms: arrogate, commandeer, confiscate

4. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
   • 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, ?ISBN, 11:

     This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.

5. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.

6. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
7. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).

8. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
9. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
   • 2012, Martha Holmberg, Modern Sauces: More Than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day (page 235)

     Chocolate seizes if a small amount of water (or watery liquid such as brandy) finds its way into the chocolate while it is melting. […] If chocolate seizes, it will look grainy and matte rather than glossy and smooth.

10. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
11. (law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).

    This Court will remain seized of this matter.

Derived terms

Related terms

• seizure

Translations

References

• seize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “seize”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

French

Etymology

From Middle French seze, from Old French seize, seze, from Latin s?decim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?z/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [saiz]
• Rhymes: -?z

Numeral

seize

1. sixteen

Derived terms

• seizième

Related terms

• six
• dix

Further reading

• “seize” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French seize, from Latin s?decim.

Pronunciation

Numeral

seize

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) sixteen