Prehensile

pre-hen's il, a. Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping. [L. prehensus, prensus, p. p. of prehend ere, premiere, to lay hold of, prse and (obs.) hendere. to seize; get, prison^ prize] — Prehen's ible, -sT-bl, a. Admitting of being seized. — Prehen's ion, -shun, w. A seizing, as with the hand or other limb. pre-juf, v. [-judged (-jujd')« -judging.] b fudge before hearing, condemn beforehand. [OF. prejuger, L. prsejiidicare, -catum, f prse and judicare, to judge, q. v.] —Prejudgement, n. Act of prejudging. - Preju'dicate, -dl-kat, v. To determine beforehand, esp. to disadvantage; to prejudge. — v. To form a judgment beforehand or without due examination. — Preju'dica'tion, n. Act of, etc. — Prejlidice, prej'u-dis, n. Prejudgment; an unreasonable predilection or prepo e ion for or against anything; esp., an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, formed without proper grounds, or before suitable knowledge; mischief; damage; injury. — v. [prejudiced (-dist), -dicing.] To prepo e with unexamined opinions, or opinions formed without due knowledge of facts; to obstruct or injure by prejudices; to hurt, damage, impair. [OF. L. prsejudicium.] — Prej'udfcial, -disb/al, a. Tending to obstruct or impair; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.