Word Study
prehend
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb prehend has 1 sense
- prehend(v = verb.contact) clutch, seize - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" is one way to get hold of, take
Derived form noun prehension1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
prehend, v. t. [L. prehendere. See Prehensile.].
To lay hold of; to seize. Middleton. [1913 Webster]
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