prehend

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prehend - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Prehend \Pre*hend"\, v. t. [L. prehendere. See Prehensile.]
     To lay hold of; to seize. [Obs.] --Middleton.
     [1913 Webster]

prehend - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch]