'Prehension' definitions:
Definition of 'prehension'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension]
Definition of 'Prehension'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'prehension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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