Apprehend

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Definition of apprehend in English:

apprehend

Pronunciation: /aprɪˈhɛnd/

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1Arrest (someone) for a crime:a warrant was issued but he has not been apprehended

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2Understand or perceive:we enter a field of vision we could not otherwise apprehend

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2.1archaic Anticipate (something) with uneasiness or fear:he is a man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep

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Origin

Late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally’)): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.

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