prehensiveadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈhɛnsɪv/, U.S.

/priˈhɛnsɪv/,

/prəˈhɛnsɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prehēns- , prehendere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin prehēns-, past participial stem of prehendere prehend v. + -ive suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier prehensile adj.

1. Capable of grasping or holding; = prehensile adj. Also: relating to or involving a grasping action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > seizing or laying hold > able to

prehensile1771

prensile1791

prehensory1826

prehensive1857

1857 I. Taylor World of Mind xxiv. §885 Conscious of its want of a prehensive limb.

a1868 C. Harpur Poet. Wks. (1984) 536 Why, you prehensive beast, When did you but one liberal act?

1974 Nature 6 Dec. 514/3 Limbless thalidomide children who carry out reaching and prehensive tasks with their mouths and teeth.

1989 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 282 293 Area 6V appears to have a role in the control of prehensive movements of the hands and mouth.

2. Psychology and Philosophy. Relating to or involving a subject's apprehension of objects or events (which may or may not involve cognition); designating or relating to the interaction that exists between a subject and an entity or event. Cf. prehension n. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > [adjective] > relating to presentation

presentative1846

prehensive1886

presentational1886

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [adjective] > of organism or process philosophy

prehended1907

prehensive1925

Whiteheadian1928

prehending1929

prehensible1947

1886 J. Sully Teacher's Handbk. Psychol. viii. 132 The discrimination and identification of the impression... This constitutes the first step in the process of perception. It may be marked off as the presentative or prehensive element.

1925 A. N. Whitehead Sci. & Mod. World (1926) iv. 98 For Berkeley's mind, I substitute a process of prehensive unification.

1941 P. Hughes in P. A. Schilpp Philos. A. N. Whitehead vi. 278 This activity of perceptual adaptation is a concrescence of prehensive processes, each of which has the quality of the act as a whole.

1986 Philos. Rev. 95 629 The internal ‘drive’ of the monad..is always in a specific direction of development and in that sense is ‘prehensive’ of what lies beyond its present experience.

Derivatives

preˈhensiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > ability to

prehensility1856

prehensiveness1897

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [noun] > implication

logical implication1887

prehensiveness1897

formal implication1903

material implication1903

implication1906

strict implication1912

entailment1933

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > [noun] > interrelated quality of words

prehensiveness1897

1897 A. Lang in Daily News 27 Sept. 6/5 At the Raj Kumar College..‘we had a higher ideal of fielding than most English schools’, perhaps a greater agility and prehensiveness.

1937 J. R. Firth Tongues of Men iii. 37 The very use of likeness and differences and the habitual comparison of ordered series of words assume the principle of ‘inter-related prehensiveness’ which may be called implication.

1991 D. M. Senchuk Against Instinct ii. ix. 183 All exhibitions via proactive doings of prehensiveness are modes of consciousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prehensive
释义	prehensiveadj. Brit. /prᵻˈhɛnsɪv/, U.S. /priˈhɛnsɪv/, /prəˈhɛnsɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prehēns- , prehendere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin prehēns-, past participial stem of prehendere prehend v. + -ive suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier prehensile adj. 1. Capable of grasping or holding; = prehensile adj. Also: relating to or involving a grasping action. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > seizing or laying hold > able to prehensile1771 prensile1791 prehensory1826 prehensive1857 1857 I. Taylor World of Mind xxiv. §885 Conscious of its want of a prehensive limb. a1868 C. Harpur Poet. Wks. (1984) 536 Why, you prehensive beast, When did you but one liberal act? 1974 Nature 6 Dec. 514/3 Limbless thalidomide children who carry out reaching and prehensive tasks with their mouths and teeth. 1989 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 282 293 Area 6V appears to have a role in the control of prehensive movements of the hands and mouth. 2. Psychology and Philosophy. Relating to or involving a subject's apprehension of objects or events (which may or may not involve cognition); designating or relating to the interaction that exists between a subject and an entity or event. Cf. prehension n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > [adjective] > relating to presentation presentative1846 prehensive1886 presentational1886 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [adjective] > of organism or process philosophy prehended1907 prehensive1925 Whiteheadian1928 prehending1929 prehensible1947 1886 J. Sully Teacher's Handbk. Psychol. viii. 132 The discrimination and identification of the impression... This constitutes the first step in the process of perception. It may be marked off as the presentative or prehensive element. 1925 A. N. Whitehead Sci. & Mod. World (1926) iv. 98 For Berkeley's mind, I substitute a process of prehensive unification. 1941 P. Hughes in P. A. Schilpp Philos. A. N. Whitehead vi. 278 This activity of perceptual adaptation is a concrescence of prehensive processes, each of which has the quality of the act as a whole. 1986 Philos. Rev. 95 629 The internal ‘drive’ of the monad..is always in a specific direction of development and in that sense is ‘prehensive’ of what lies beyond its present experience. Derivatives preˈhensiveness n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > ability to prehensility1856 prehensiveness1897 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [noun] > implication logical implication1887 prehensiveness1897 formal implication1903 material implication1903 implication1906 strict implication1912 entailment1933 the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > [noun] > interrelated quality of words prehensiveness1897 1897 A. Lang in Daily News 27 Sept. 6/5 At the Raj Kumar College..‘we had a higher ideal of fielding than most English schools’, perhaps a greater agility and prehensiveness. 1937 J. R. Firth Tongues of Men iii. 37 The very use of likeness and differences and the habitual comparison of ordered series of words assume the principle of ‘inter-related prehensiveness’ which may be called implication. 1991 D. M. Senchuk Against Instinct ii. ix. 183 All exhibitions via proactive doings of prehensiveness are modes of consciousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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