prendere

(transitive) to take, hold, pick up, get
(transitive) of a political territory or entity to conquer
(transitive) to take a means of transport
(transitive) to choose a certain route or path
(transitive) to catch a criminal, animal, etc.
(transitive) to catch an illness
(familiar) to be beat up or defeated
(transitive) to get, buy
(transitive) to steal
(transitive) to assume a task, responsibility, etc.
(transitive) to hit or strike
(transitive) of food, drink, medicine, etc. to eat, drink, ingest
(transitive) to romantically attract
(transitive) to acquire a characteristic
(transitive) to pursue a vocation
(transitive) to measure
(transitive) to pick up, receive a radio, TV, telegraphic, etc. transmission
(transitive) to feel an emotion
(transitive) of a sensation, feeling, etc. to take hold of, seize, or strike someone
(transitive) to occupy or take up space or time
(transitive) to occupy someone's mind
(transitive) to require energy, effort, etc.
(transitive) (sometimes with per) to take for or confuse
(transitive) to interpret
(transitive) to choose someone (for) a role, job, etc.; to hire
(transitive) to treat someone (in a certain way)
(transitive) to accept
(intransitive) (with a or per) to move (towards); to head (for)
(intransitive) (with a + inf.) to begin
(intransitive) of a fire to begin to burn
(construction) of a binder to adhere to the building materials by hardening; to take hold
(intransitive) of a plant to take root
(intransitive) to happen unexpectedly

Inherited from Latin prendere (seize, take) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰed-

seize, take, grasp, hold

Possession

Action/Process