prehend

/priˈhɛnd/
verb
  1. To grasp or seize something, especially with the mind; to understand or apprehend.
    • It takes time to prehend the full meaning of a poem.
    • Philosophers try to prehend the nature of reality through reason.
    • The student could not prehend the complex theory on the first reading.
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