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prehend

/pɹɪˈhɛnd/

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From Latin prehendere. See prehensile.

verb prehends · prehending · prehended

transitive To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension. 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.
obsolete, transitive To lay hold of; to seize. c. 1615-1617, Thomas Middleton, The Widow Here they be all three now ; prehend 'em , officers

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@misc{prehend_2026,
  title = {prehend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prehend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}