Associations to the word «Prehend»

Wiktionary

PREHEND, verb. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.

Dictionary definition

PREHEND, verb. 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".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis