prensation

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Definition of prensation

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noun

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)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, […]”

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

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