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prehensile |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, a. [L. prehensus p. p. of prehendere to lay hold of seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf F. pr['e]hensile. See {Get}, and cf {Prison}, {Prize}, n.] Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as the prehensile tail of a monkey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prehensile adj 1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant: {nonprehensile}] 2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch 3: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous}, {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}]
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