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单词 prensation
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prensationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prēnsātio.
Etymology: < classical Latin prēnsātio soliciting of support, canvassing < prēnsāt- , past participial stem of prēnsāre (frequentative formation < prendere prend v.) + -io -ion suffix1. Compare later prehensation n.
Obsolete. rare.
Seizing; forceful acquisition; an instance of this.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing
gripinga1300
arrestc1386
gripe1393
seizingc1400
henting1440
kippingc1440
prensation1620
gripping1632
apprehension1646
comprehension1712
prehension1807
1620 Bp. J. King Serm. 24 Mar. 22 How would I vrge vnto you..the presentest prensation and pursuit of the very forelock of time?
a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 149 By ambitious prensations, by Simoniacal corruptions,..by all kinds of sinister ways, men crept into the place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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