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Apprehend Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Apprehend? [v] get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [v] take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police [v] anticipate with dread or anxiety Synonyms \| Synonyms for Apprehend: arrest \| collar \| compass \| comprehend \| cop \| dig \| get the picture \| grasp \| nab \| nail \| pick up \| quail at \| savvy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Apprehend: absorb \| accept \| anticipate \| appreciate \| arrest \| assimilate \| be acquainted with \| be afraid \| be apprised of \| be aware of \| be cognizant of \| be conscious of \| be conversant with \| be informed \| be sensible of \| be with one \| bode \| bust \| capture \| catch \| catch on \| cognize \| collar \| compass \| comprehend \| conceive \| conceptualize \| cotton to \| croak \| detain \| dig \| digest \| discern \| divine \| dread \| experience \| eye askance \| fathom \| fear \| feel \| follow \| forebode \| foreknow \| forewarn \| get \| get hold of \| get the drift \| get the idea \| get the picture \| grab \| grasp \| have \| have a premonition \| have a presentiment \| have information about \| have it taped \| have knowledge of \| have qualms \| hear \| ken \| know \| learn \| look black \| lower \| make an arrest \| make out \| master \| menace \| misgive \| nab \| net \| penetrate \| perceive \| pick up \| pinch \| portend \| possess \| preapprehend \| prehend \| prevision \| pull in \| put under arrest \| read \| realize \| recognize \| respond \| respond to stimuli \| run in \| savvy \| see \| seize \| seize the meaning \| sense \| sit upon thorns \| smell \| stand aghast \| take \| take captive \| take in \| take into custody \| take prisoner \| taste \| threaten \| touch \| tumble to \| twig \| understand \| visualize \| warn \| wot \| wot of See Also \| anticipate \| catch on \| clutch \| cotton on \| digest \| dread \| fear \| figure \| get it \| get onto \| intuit \| latch on \| look for \| look to \| prehend \| seize \| tumble \| twig \| understand Apprehend In Webster's Dictionary \Ap`prehend"\ ([a^]p`pr[-e]h[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr['e]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic] We have two hands to apprehend it. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. 3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. --Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. --Gladstone. 4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. --Beau. & Fl. 5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. --Macaulay. Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. ``We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.'' --Trench. \Ap`pre*hend"\, v. i. 1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose. 2. To be apprehensive; to fear. It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. --Rowe.

Apprehend Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Apprehend?

[v] get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
[v] take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police
[v] anticipate with dread or anxiety

Apprehend In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap`pre*hend"\ ([a^]p`pr[-e]*h[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Apprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprehending}.] [L.
apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae
before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr.
chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F.
appr['e]hender. See {Prehensile}, {Get}.]
1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]

         We have two hands to apprehend it.    --Jer. Taylor.

2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to
   arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to
   conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to
   understand; to recognize; to consider.

         This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but
         a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he
         violently apprehended it.             --Fuller.

         The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended
         them.                                 --Gladstone.

4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]

         G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then
         you must give me leave to apprehend The means and
         manner how.                           --Beau. & Fl.

5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or
   fear; to fear.

         The opposition had more reason than the king to
         apprehend violence.                   --Macaulay.

Syn: To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive;
     understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread.

Usage: To {Apprehend}, {Comprehend}. These words come into
       comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend
       denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to
       understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend
       denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its
       compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths
       which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God
       supposes that he may be apprehended, though not
       comprehended, by rational beings. ``We may apprehended
       much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the
       character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim
       that they have comprehended all that is embraced in
       these characters.'' --Trench.


\Ap`pre*hend"\, v. i.
1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to
   suppose.

2. To be apprehensive; to fear.

         It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. --Rowe.

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