Meaning of prehend | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
2. To lay hold of; to seize.
   obsolete

Examples

“Each of the four levels "prehends" the other, and so in the punning of words so frequent in hieroglyphic writing, we encounter a richer and more inclusive mode of thought than we are accustomed to.”

“c. 1615-1617, Thomas Middleton, The Widow Here they be all three now ; prehend 'em , officers”

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