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Word: apprehend (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • Hence: transitive To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
  • intransitive To be apprehensive; to fear.
  • intransitive To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
  • Archaic To take or seize; to take hold of.
  • transitive To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
  • transitive To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

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