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English Dictionary: prehend by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prehend
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): seize, prehend, clutch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prehend \Pre*hend"\, v. t. [L. prehendere. See {Prehensile}.]
      To lay hold of; to seize. [Obs.] --Middleton.
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