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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. take hold of; grab;
- Example: "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"
- Example: "She clutched her purse"
- Example: "The mother seized her child by the arm"
- Example: "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
[syn: seize, prehend, clutch]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prehend \Pre*hend"\, v. t. [L. prehendere. See Prehensile.]
   To lay hold of; to seize. [Obs.] --Middleton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prehend
    v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the
         money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The
         mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often
         seize small mammals" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch]