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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prehend
v : take hold of also metaphorically: "Fear seized the
prisoners" [syn: {seize}, {clutch}]
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