prehend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prehend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prehend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prehend v 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.