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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

prehensus

, p. p. of

prehendere

to lay hold of, seize;

pre-

(equiv. to

prae

before) +

hendere

(in comp.), akin to E.

get

: cf. F.

préhensile

. See

, and cf.

Noun.

]

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping;

as, the

prehensile

tail of a monkey

Adj.

[L. prehendo, to take or seize; prehensus.]

Seizing; grasping; adapted to seize or grasp. The tails of some monkeys are prehensile.