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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

prensatio

, from

prensare

prehensare

, v. freq. from

prehendere

to seize.]

The act of seizing with violence.

[Obs.]

Barrow .

Noun.

[L. prensatio, from prenso, to seize.]

The act of seizing with violence. [Little used.]

prensation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prensations)

(obsolete) The act of seizing with violence.
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