prehension

Example Sentences

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But public ap prehension about the possible dangers of chemical insect killers is now shielding the hungry worms from DDT and other long-lasting poisons.

From Time Magazine Archive

But last week Philadelphia's Dr. William Likoff somberly warned the AHA that the "mild coronary" may have more cause for ap prehension than for gratitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unless indeed254 we confine the term “primary” to the reproductive glands, it is scarcely possible to decide, as far as the organs of prehension are concerned, which ought to be called primary and which secondary.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

No mechanical contrivance has ever been designed that is comparable to the hand in flexibility, deftness, adaptability, or power of prehension.

From The Reconstructed School by Pearson, Francis B.

The trunk is of great strength and sensibility, and serves alike for respiration, smell, taste, suction, touch, and prehension.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various