| APPREHENDS | • apprehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend. • APPREHEND v. to understand. |
| COMPREHEND | • comprehend v. (Now rare) To include, comprise; to contain. • comprehend v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly. • COMPREHEND v. to grasp the meaning of. |
| DEPREHENDS | • deprehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprehend. • DEPREHEND v. (obsolete) to catch; to seize. |
| PREHANDLED | • PREHANDLE v. to handle beforehand. |
| PREHANDLES | • PREHANDLE v. to handle beforehand. |
| PREHARDENS | • prehardens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preharden. • PREHARDEN v. to harden in advance. |
| PREHARVEST | • preharvest adj. Before a harvest. • PREHARVEST n. the period before harvest. |
| PREHEATERS | • preheaters n. Plural of preheater. • PREHEATER n. something or someone that preheats. |
| PREHEATING | • preheating v. Present participle of preheat. • PREHEAT v. to heat beforehand. |
| PREHENDING | • prehending v. Present participle of prehend. • PREHEND v. to lay hold of; to seize. |
| PREHENSILE | • prehensile adj. (Zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. • PREHENSILE adj. adapted to seize or grasp, esp. by wrapping round; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey, also PREHENSIVE, PREHENSORIAL, PREHENSORY. |
| PREHENSION | • prehension n. The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands. • prehension n. (Philosophy) According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not… • PREHENSION n. the act of taking hold, as with the hand or other member. |
| PREHENSIVE | • prehensive adj. (Philosophy) Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead’s concept of prehension. • PREHENSIVE adj. prehensile, related to grasping, also PREHENSILE, PREHENSORIAL, PREHENSORY. |
| PREHENSORS | • prehensors n. Plural of prehensor. • PREHENSOR n. something that grasps or seizes. |
| PREHENSORY | • prehensory adj. Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile. • PREHENSORY adj. adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile, also PREHENSILE, PREHENSIVE, PREHENSORIAL. |
| PREHISTORY | • prehistory n. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. • prehistory n. The study of those times. • prehistory n. (Humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era. |
| PREHOLIDAY | • preholiday adj. Before a holiday. • PREHOLIDAY adj. taking place before a holiday. |
| PREHOMINID | • prehominid n. Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids. • PREHOMINID adj. preceding the evolution of hominids. • PREHOMINID n. an ancestor of hominids. |
| REPREHENDS | • reprehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprehend. • REPREHEND v. to rebuke. |