--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 23 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 23 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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Modern English, meaning 1:* «seekest» means «you seek», a form of «seek».[↗](../../seekest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To seek means to look for something or someone.[↗](../../seekest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'[↗](../../seekest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917) · ‘Is it thou that seekest my daughter?’[↗](../../seekest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) · Said Yspathaden Penkawr, "Is it thou that seekest my daughter?"[↗](../../seekest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Celtic Fairy Tales) **seel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, falconry) To seel a hawk or falcon was to sew its eyelids shut for a while to tame it.[↗](../../seel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") This is not done today and is thought cruel.[↗](../../seel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, poetry) Seel can mean to close someone's eyes, to blind them.[↗](../../seel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In medieval times, falconers would seel a young hawk.[↗](../../seel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old poem talks of night coming to seel the eyes of day.[↗](../../seel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book explained that seeling hawks is no longer allowed.[↗](../../seel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Is «seel» a typo for «seal» in this sentence?[↗](../../seel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunters once seeled falcons to calm them.[↗](../../seel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Seel» is one of the rarest words in our dictionary.[↗](../../seel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happy».[↗](../../seem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «It seems» is used to say what you think is true but are not sure about: «It seems we are lost».[↗](../../seem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You seem tired today.[↗](../../seem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog seems friendly, but ask the owner first.[↗](../../seem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It seems like it will rain.[↗](../../seem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle seemed hard at first.[↗](../../seem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Things are not always what they seem.[↗](../../seem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He seems to know the answer.[↗](../../seem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The test seemed to last forever.[↗](../../seem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It seems that we took the wrong path.[↗](../../seem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "It's fated I must, it seems\![↗](../../seem/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.[↗](../../seem/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seem/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.'[↗](../../seem/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seem/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.'[↗](../../seem/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.[↗](../../seem/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seem/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.[↗](../../seem/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seem/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: (Writings ECC.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seem/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.[↗](../../seem/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seem/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **seemeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «seemeth» means «seems», a form of «seem»: To seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happy».[↗](../../seemeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying: 'There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.'[↗](../../seemeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.35, JPS 1917) **seemingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Apparently, so it looks, though it may not be true.[↗](../../seemingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Looking like something, though perhaps not really so.[↗](../../seemingly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seemingly easy sum was tricky.[↗](../../seemingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seemingly, the road was empty.[↗](../../seemingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was seemingly calm, but inside she was worried.[↗](../../seemingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **seemly** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion.[↗](../../seemly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.[↗](../../seemly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seemly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.[↗](../../seemly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seemly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **seep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When a liquid seeps, it flows slowly through small holes or cracks, a little at a time.[↗](../../seep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When a feeling or an idea seeps in, it slowly spreads into someone's mind.[↗](../../seep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Light, cold or smell can seep in through a gap, coming in slowly.[↗](../../seep/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rainwater seeps into the ground and becomes groundwater.[↗](../../seep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water seeped under the door during the storm.[↗](../../seep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The juice seeped through the paper bag.[↗](../../seep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold air seeped in through the cracked window.[↗](../../seep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ink seeped through the page and spoiled the next one.[↗](../../seep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Slowly the truth seeped into his mind: he had lost the key.[↗](../../seep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil seeped out of the old car onto the driveway.[↗](../../seep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand lets water seep through faster than clay does.[↗](../../seep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **seeping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seeping means flowing slowly through small holes or cracks right now.[↗](../../seeping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, seeping describes a liquid that is slowly leaking or soaking through.[↗](../../seeping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water was seeping through the roof into a bucket.[↗](../../seeping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw dark water seeping from the bottom of the cooler.[↗](../../seeping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Blood was seeping through the bandage, so the nurse added another pad.[↗](../../seeping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold was seeping through my thin socks.[↗](../../seeping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeping water slowly wore a hole in the rock.[↗](../../seeping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is that juice seeping out of your backpack?[↗](../../seeping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of toast was seeping under the bedroom door.[↗](../../seeping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who is believed to be able to see what will happen in the future; a prophet.[↗](../../seer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible, history) In the Bible, "seer" is an old word for a prophet, like Samuel.[↗](../../seer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Literally, someone who sees.[↗](../../seer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seer warned the king about the battle.[↗](../../seer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Greek myths, the seer Tiresias was blind but could see the future.[↗](../../seer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Samuel was called a seer in the Bible.[↗](../../seer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fortune-teller claimed to be a seer.[↗](../../seer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The village seer looked into the fire and spoke.[↗](../../seer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am no seer," said Dad, "but I think it will rain."[↗](../../seer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a king, a seer and a poet.[↗](../../seer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This word is from ChZCh, a seer, seership.[↗](../../seer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../seer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twelfth Path is the Intelligence of Transparency, because it is that species of Magnificence., called CHAZCHAZIT, which is named the place whence issues the vision of those seeing in apparitions.[↗](../../seer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (That is, the prophecies by seers in a vision.)[↗](../../seer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../seer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying: (Writings 1CH.21.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.[↗](../../seer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.9.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.'[↗](../../seer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.9.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **seesaw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long board balanced in the middle on which two children sit at opposite ends and go up and down.[↗](../../seesaw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To move up and down or back and forth again and again, or to keep changing between two states.[↗](../../seesaw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went up and down on the seesaw at the park.[↗](../../seesaw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is heavier, so he sat nearer the middle of the seesaw to balance it.[↗](../../seesaw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A seesaw is a kind of lever.[↗](../../seesaw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The score seesawed all game until the last goal.[↗](../../seesaw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My mood seesawed between happy and nervous before the concert.[↗](../../seesaw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold on tight on the seesaw and don't jump off suddenly.[↗](../../seesaw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «seeth» means «sees», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes.[↗](../../seeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I see a bird.[↗](../../seeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.[↗](../../seeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917) · Our heaviest grief the world oft seeth not, Our sorest pain we hide from stranger eyes: And for the sufferer there is nothing left But the green mound that o'er the coffin lies.”[↗](../../seeth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:[↗](../../seeth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.24.4, JPS 1917) **seethe** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To boil or bubble hard, like a pot of hot liquid.[↗](../../seethe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *In Jewish tradition, meaning 2:* To be very angry inside, while showing little of it.[↗](../../seethe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To cook something by boiling it in liquid.[↗](../../seethe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.[↗](../../seethe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seethe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'[↗](../../seethe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seethe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.[↗](../../seethe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seethe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.[↗](../../seethe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.24.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seethe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The soup seethes in the pot.[↗](../../seethe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cauldron seethed over the fire.[↗](../../seethe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was seething inside, though he said nothing.[↗](../../seethe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.[↗](../../seethe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'[↗](../../seethe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) · And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.[↗](../../seethe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917) **seething** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To be seething is to be full of heaving, bubbling or crowded movement, like boiling water.[↗](../../seething/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *In Jewish tradition, meaning 2:* (informal) To be seething is to be very angry inside but keeping it in.[↗](../../seething/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.[↗](../../seething/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seething/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.[↗](../../seething/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seething/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying: 'What seest thou?'[↗](../../seething/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") And I said: 'I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is from the north.'[↗](../../seething/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seething/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The creek was seething with round black things.[↗](../../seething/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pot of seething water bubbled over.[↗](../../seething/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was seething inside, but he said nothing.[↗](../../seething/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **segment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A segment is one of the parts something is divided into, like a segment of an orange.[↗](../../segment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths, a line segment is the part of a line between two end points.[↗](../../segment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A segment of a circle is the part cut off by a straight line (a chord).[↗](../../segment/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A segment of a TV or radio show is one part of it.[↗](../../segment/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To segment means to divide into parts; in phonics, to segment a word means to split it into its sounds: c-a-t.[↗](../../segment/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I ate an orange segment by segment.[↗](../../segment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a line segment 6 centimetres long.[↗](../../segment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The orange had 10 segments, so 5 children got 2 each.[↗](../../segment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A worm's body is made of many segments.[↗](../../segment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A triangle has three line segments for sides.[↗](../../segment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Segment the word "ship" into sounds: sh-i-p.[↗](../../segment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The news had a short segment on the school fair.[↗](../../segment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **segregation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because of their race, religion or sex; it is unfair and wrong.[↗](../../segregation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Separating things into groups: the segregation of waste for recycling.[↗](../../segregation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and helped end segregation.[↗](../../segregation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Segregation meant Black children went to different schools.[↗](../../segregation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Segregation was unfair and is now against the law.[↗](../../segregation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther King spoke out against segregation.[↗](../../segregation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The segregation of waste makes recycling easier.[↗](../../segregation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum taught us about the history of segregation.[↗](../../segregation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seine is a large fishing net that hangs straight down in the water, with floats on top and weights at the bottom; the ends are pulled together to trap fish.[↗](../../seine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To seine is to catch fish with this kind of net.[↗](../../seine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Seine (with a capital S) is the river that flows through Paris in France.[↗](../../seine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fishermen pulled the seine onto the beach.[↗](../../seine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We took a boat trip on the Seine in Paris.[↗](../../seine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists used a seine to count the small fish.[↗](../../seine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They were seining for sardines at dawn.[↗](../../seine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seine flows past Notre-Dame.[↗](../../seine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A seine has floats on top and weights below.[↗](../../seine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Paris grew up on both banks of the Seine.[↗](../../seine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Steamer after steamer, crowded with people, glides down the Seine.[↗](../../seine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **seismic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seismic means to do with earthquakes or the shaking of the earth: seismic waves, seismic activity.[↗](../../seismic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seismic can also mean very big and important, like a huge change that shakes everything: a seismic shift.[↗](../../seismic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seismic waves spread out from the centre of an earthquake.[↗](../../seismic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · New Zealand has a lot of seismic activity.[↗](../../seismic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The seismic station recorded a small tremor last night.[↗](../../seismic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Schools in Japan practise for seismic events.[↗](../../seismic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Winning the cup caused a seismic change in the town's mood.[↗](../../seismic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Engineers build bridges to resist seismic shaking.[↗](../../seismic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a seismic wave on graph paper in science.[↗](../../seismic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seismograph** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A machine that measures and records how much the ground shakes during an earthquake.[↗](../../seismograph/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seismograph drew big zigzag lines during the earthquake.[↗](../../seismograph/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists in New Zealand watch seismographs day and night.[↗](../../seismograph/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A seismograph can detect earthquakes on the other side of the world.[↗](../../seismograph/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a model seismograph with a pen and a moving strip of paper.[↗](../../seismograph/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The seismograph showed small shakes before the volcano erupted.[↗](../../seismograph/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seismograph records help warn people about tsunamis.[↗](../../seismograph/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To take hold of something suddenly and firmly; to grab.[↗](../../seize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He seized the rope.[↗](../../seize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To take control of a place by force.[↗](../../seize/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The army seized the town.[↗](../../seize/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of police, officials) To take something away by law.[↗](../../seize/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Police seized the stolen goods.[↗](../../seize/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To take a chance quickly.[↗](../../seize/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Seize the day\![↗](../../seize/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Seize up» means to become stuck and stop working, like an engine or stiff muscles.[↗](../../seize/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She seized the ball and ran.[↗](../../seize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rebels seized the castle.[↗](../../seize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police seized 200 fake watches.[↗](../../seize/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seize the chance to learn something new\![↗](../../seize/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My legs seized up after the long race.[↗](../../seize/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The car engine seized because it had no oil.[↗](../../seize/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was seized with fear in the dark.[↗](../../seize/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Barmecide seized him by the hand.[↗](../../seize/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · To seize, to take hold of.[↗](../../seize/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../seize/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Zohar represents absolute truth, and the Sepher Jezirah provides the means by which we may seize, appropriate and make use of it."[↗](../../seize/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../seize/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized\![↗](../../seize/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seize/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?[↗](../../seize/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seize/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.[↗](../../seize/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 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