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Prehension

noun
1.
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).  Synonyms: grasping, seizing, taking hold.





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"Prehension" Quotes from Famous Books



... intellectual power depends altogether on the brain—whereas the brain is only one condition out of many on which intellectual manifestations depend; the others being, chiefly, the organs of the senses and the motor apparatuses, especially those which are concerned in prehension and in the production ...
— On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals • Thomas H. Huxley


Words linked to "Prehension" :   hold, clutches, grip, control, prehend, grasping, clutch, taking hold, clasp, clench, seizing, grasp


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