: Grasping other actual entities in the world.
: To pull back or hold back—to voice disapproval. 3. Usage in Learning & Content
: To seize or grasp at —to arrest or to perceive with dread. prehend
: Discuss how we "prehend" our own past to make decisions in the present.
Depending on whether you are preparing content for a philosophy discussion or a linguistics lesson, 1. Philosophical Definition (Process Philosophy) : Grasping other actual entities in the world
: Explain "prehend" as a "feeling" or "incorporation" of the environment.
: To grasp with —to mentally understand or include. prehend
: Grasping "eternal objects" (pure potentials or ideas).