uchvátit — meaning in English

English meaning

• mesmerize verb To hold someone's attention so completely that they cannot look away or think about anything else.
• seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• usurp verb To seize power, a position, or a right that belongs to someone else, without any legal right to it.

Senses

uchvátit is used for these senses in English:

• mesmerize To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.
• seize (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• seize (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• usurp To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

mesmerize — full definition

1. verb To hold someone's attention so completely that they cannot look away or think about anything else.
2. verb To hypnotise someone.

seize — full definition

1. verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
2. verb To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
3. verb To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
4. verb To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.

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