prehension

Example Sentences

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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

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

To gain this great advantage, the feet have been rendered flat, and the great toe peculiarly modified, though this has entailed the loss of the power of prehension.

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

It is wonderful, and passing wonder, how teachable and quick of perception and prehension is Nature in the studio of Art. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu

Very often one or other of the appendages may be modified for prehension, the seizing of prey or the holding of a mate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various