seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process

infect - affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"

ingrain, instill, impress - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

awaken - make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"

incite, motivate, prompt, propel, actuate, move - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

engrave - impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"

strike dumb - render speechless, as by surprising or shocking; "we were dumbstruck by the candidate's announcement"

zap - strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"

jar - affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"

hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord - refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!"

smite - affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"

cloud - make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness"

pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc.) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"

impress - impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"

sweep off, sweep away - overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away"

disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

move - arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"

sadden - make unhappy; `The news of her death saddened me'

come to, hit, strike - cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

prepossess - make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"

wow - impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience"

impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

stamp - to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"

boss, emboss, stamp - raise in a relief; "embossed stationary"

write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"

letter - set down or print with letters

typeset - set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"

prove - take a trial impression of

offset - produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"

multigraph - print on a Multigraph machine

overprint, print over - print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper

cyclostyle - print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil

boldface - print in boldface

italicise, italicize - print in italics

crime, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"