Prehend < ORIGINAL >

: To grasp with —to mentally understand or include.

: Break down the Latin prehendere and show its family tree (Apprehend, Comprehend, Prison). prehend

: Explain "prehend" as a "feeling" or "incorporation" of the environment. : To grasp with —to mentally understand or include

: Contrast "prehending" (active, formative) with passive "seeing." specifically in Process and Reality

"Prehend" comes from the Latin prehendere (to seize or grasp), which is the ancestor of more common English words:

In the work of Alfred North Whitehead, specifically in Process and Reality , "prehend" is the verb for .

: Grasping other actual entities in the world.