L. Fr. To take. Rref 4 prendre la terre, a writ to take the land. Fet Ass. { 51. A rlght to take something out of the soil of another is a profit d prendre, or a right coupled with a profit. 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 125, f 115. Distin-guished from an easement. 5 Adol. & E. 758. Sometimes written as one word, apprendre, apprender
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)