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prehensible

prehensible adjective: capable of being seized.

Adjective

prehensible (comparative more prehensible, superlative most prehensible)

  1. Capable of being seized.

Forms of prehensible

comparativemore prehensible
superlativemost prehensible

Origin of prehensible

Compare French préhensible.

Questions about prehensible

What does prehensible mean?
Prehensible means capable of being seized.
What part of speech is prehensible?
Prehensible is an adjective.

Words near prehensible in the dictionary

  1. prehendable
  2. prehended
  3. prehending
  4. prehends
  5. prehensibility
  6. prehensible
  7. prehensile
  8. prehensilely
  9. prehensility
  10. prehensily
  11. prehension

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