prensation

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noun

The act of seizing with violence; seizure

OriginLatin prensatio →
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Meanings

nounprensation (countable and uncountable, plural prensations)

plural prensations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe 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 Jurisdiction over the Christian Church]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 149

Origin

  1. Latinprensatio
  2. Englishprensation

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

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APA

prensation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prensation

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“prensation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prensation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prensation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prensation.

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