How to pronounce“prehend”in English
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Definitions of “prehend”
To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
“Each of the four levels "prehends" the other, and so in the punning of words so frequent in hieroglyphic writing, we encounter a richer and more inclusive mode of thought than we are accustomed to.”
To lay hold of; to seize.
“c. 1615-1617, Thomas Middleton, The Widow Here they be all three now ; prehend 'em , officers”
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