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Prehend

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WordDefinition
seizeverb(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
clutchnoun(transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.

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WordDefinition
seizeverb(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
clutchnoun(transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
precomprehendverb(transitive) To comprehend in advance.
preperceiveverbTo perceive in advance.
foregraspnounA prior cognizance or understanding; an awareness or comprehension beforehand.
foresensenounThe ability to perceive in advance.
forefeelverb(transitive) To feel or perceive beforehand or in advance; to have a presentiment of.
forekenverb(transitive) To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.
presagenounA warning of a future event; an omen.
forethinkverb(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
prepensenounDevised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.
foreconceiveverb(transitive) To conceive or imagine beforehand; preconceive.
forecountverb(transitive) To count beforehand.
prefigurateverb(transitive) To prefigure.
apprehendverb(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
preconceiveverbTo conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to have a preconception
preimagineverb(transitive) To imagine in advance.
prefigureverb(often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
precognizeverbTo display or have precognition; to have (paranormal) knowledge of a future event before it occurs.
prepossessverbChiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.

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