Definitions
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- n. The act of seizing with violence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act of seizing with violence.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or grasping; seizure.
Etymologies
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Latin prensatio, from prensare, prehensare, verb frequentative from prehendere to seize.
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