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Definition of Prehend
1. Verb. Take hold of; grab. "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Specialized synonyms: Nab, Rack, Claw, Apprehend, Arrest, Collar, Cop, Nab, Nail, Pick Up, Capture, Catch, Get, Collar, Clasp, Grip, Grab, Catch, Grab, Take Hold Of, Snap, Snatch, Snatch Up, Clench, Clinch, Grapple, Grip
Generic synonyms: Get Hold Of, Take
Derivative terms: Clutch, Prehension, Seizing
Definition of Prehend
1. v. t. To lay hold of; to seize.
Definition of Prehend
1. Verb. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prehend
1. to seize [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: seize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prehend
Literary usage of Prehend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1866)
"prehend that the condition is rather worse; hut if the House requires a more
minute examination of this important subject, your Committee is willing to ..."
2. Thomas Carlyle by Moncure Daniel Conway (1881)
"prehend them, the intellectual experiences which forbade his entering on the
ministry. They parted to go their several ways. But Carlyle never lost his love ..."
3. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"Geneva, they wanted to continue to him the privileges of a freeman of their town,
and the revenues of a prehend, which had been ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"ceedings on appeal, has been held to com- prehend not merely the ordinary writ
of execution to collect money, but also any and all process to enforce any ..."
5. The Age of Revelation, Or, The Age of Reason Shewn to be an Age of Infidelity by Elias Boudinot (1801)
"prehend the original cause or power by which these are accomplished: yet every
one believes the facts, notwithstanding their mysterious nature is far above ..."
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