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prensation

prensation noun: the act of seizing with violence; seizure.

Noun

prensation (countable and uncountable, plural prensations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of seizing with violence; seizure
    • [B]y ambitious prenſations, by Simoniacal corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, by all kinds of ſiniſter vvays, men crept into the place, doth appear by thoſe many diſmal Schiſms, […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The V. [Supposition] that the Bishops of Rome (According to God’s Institution and by Original Right Derived thence) should have an Universal Supremacy and...

Forms of prensation

pluralprensations

Origin of prensation

From Latin prensatio, from prensare, prehensare, verb frequentative from prehendere (“to seize”).

Questions about prensation

What does prensation mean?
Prensation means the act of seizing with violence; seizure.
What part of speech is prensation?
Prensation is a noun.
What is the plural of prensation?
The plural of prensation is prensations.

Words near prensation in the dictionary

  1. prenoun
  2. prenouns
  3. prenoverine
  4. prenoxdiazine
  5. PRENs
  6. prensation
  7. prensations
  8. prentice
  9. prenticed
  10. prentices
  11. prenticeship

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