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View synonyms for prehension
prehension
[ pri-hen-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of seizing or grasping.
- mental apprehension.
prehension
/ prɪˈhɛnʃən /
noun
- the act of grasping
- apprehension by the senses or the mind
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prehension1
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Example Sentences
Upon this emancipation followed the liberation of jaws and mouth from their use as organs of prehension.
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The trophi serve merely for the prehension of prey, and not for mastication.
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It is wonderful, and passing wonder, how teachable and quick of perception and prehension is Nature in the studio of Art.
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The extensions of the body-substance which are put forth by the Rhizopoda at will, and which serve for locomotion and prehension.
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Having for its function the narrowing of the orifice it surrounds, it acts during suction and in the prehension of food.
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