Prensation

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

  Prensation \Pren*sa"tion\, n. [L. prensatio, from prensare,
     prehensare, v. freq. from prehendere to seize.]
     The act of seizing with violence. [Obs.] --Barrow .
     [1913 Webster]