prehend

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

prehend
    v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the
         money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The
         mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often
         seize small mammals" [syn: {seize}, {prehend}, {clutch}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Prehend \Pre*hend"\, v. t. [L. prehendere. See {Prehensile}.]
   To lay hold of; to seize. [Obs.] --Middleton.
   [1913 Webster]