“prensation”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

prensation

释义

† prenˈsation Obs. rare.
[ad. L. prensātio, n. of action f. prensāre, contr. f. prehensāre: see prehensation.]
Seizing; laying hold.
1620J. King Serm. 24 Mar. 22 How would I vrge vnto you..the presentest prensation and pursuit of the very forelock of time?a1677Barrow Pope's Suprem. (1680) 149 By ambitious prensations, by Simoniacal corruptions,..by all kinds of sinister ways, men crept into the place.
So † ˈprensile a. Obs. rare, perh. error for prehensile; prension (rare) = prehension (sense 3).
1825Waterton Wand. S. Amer. iv. ii. 322 The large red monkey of Demerara..having a long prensile tail. [Note] I believe prensile is a new-coined word. I have seen it, but do not remember where. [Prehensile was a recent word.]1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Clouds i. iv, Verboseness, and pulsion, and prension.

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