prehend

== English == === Etymology === From Latin prehendere. See prehensile. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹɪˈhɛnd/ === Verb === prehend (third-person singular simple present prehends, present participle prehending, simple past and past participle prehended) (transitive) (philosophy) To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize. c. 1615-1617, Thomas Middleton, The Widow Here they be all three now ; prehend 'em , officers ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “prehend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.