An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. Philosophy: To apprehend with or without conscious formulation or cognition of the perceived object; to interact in time and space with an object or event (Oxford Dictionary, lexico.com).
   

   2. (obsolete) To sieze.

Etymology (EN): From L. prehendere “to seize,” from prae- “before,” → pre-, + -hendere , from PIE root *ghend- “to seize, take,” root of Gk. khandanein “to hold, contain;” Lith. godetis “be eager;” Welsh gannu “to hold, contain;” Russian za-gadka “riddle;” Old Norse geta “to obtain, reach; to be able to;” E. get.

Etymology (PE): Nutidan, from nut-, from Yaghnobi nôta “to take,” from Sogd. niyât “to take, grasp,” from Proto-Ir. *ni-yāta-, from *iam- “to take, to hold;” cf. Av. yam- (yās-) “to hold, keep;” O.Pers. yas- “to strech, reach out;” Skt. yam- “to hold, restrain” (Cheung 2007).