emparer
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Meanings
Verb
1. to seize, get hold of (pronominal)
2. to take over (pronominal)
Examples9
China will take over Taiwan.
No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.
The rebels attempted to seize power.
The pirates captured a merchant ship.
Morocco illegally took Western Sahara over.
A heavenly comfort, I don't know how, takes hold of me.