Prehension

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  • noun. The act of grasping or seizing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Apprehension by the senses.
  • noun. Understanding.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of prehending, seizing, or taking hold.
  • noun. Apprehension; mental grasp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the act of grasping or gripping something, especially with the hands
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
  • Word Usage
    "Alfred North Whitehead, in Process and Reality, introduces the notion of prehension, that interiority is fundamental all the way down to the most basic levels of the universe."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    control  
    Hyponym
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    clasp  clench  clutch  clutches  grasp  
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    Synonym
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