Prehension

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prehension \Pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. prehensio; cf. F.
     pr['e]hension. See {Prehensile}.]
     The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the
     hand or other member.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prehension
       n : the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {grasping},
            {taking hold}, {seizing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "prehension":
     abduction, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, bottling up, capture,
     catch, catching, clairvoyance, collaring, command, comprehension,
     conception, conceptualization, corking up, coup, dragnet,
     forcible seizure, foreknowledge, grab, grabbing, grasp, grip, hold,
     holding, holding in, ideation, inhibition, intellection,
     intelligence, keeping, kidnapping, locking in, maintenance,
     mastery, mental grasp, nabbing, picking up, power grab,
     precognition, preservation, repression, retainment, retention,
     retentiveness, retentivity, running in, savvy, seizure,
     seizure of power, snatch, snatching, suppression, taking in,
     taking into custody, tenacity, understanding, wisdom
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PREHENSION. The lawful taking of a thing with an intent to, assert a right 
  in it.