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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ap-ri-hend |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd |
Definition of apprehend
Origin :- mid-14c., "to grasp in the senses or mind," from Old French aprendre (12c.) "teach; learn; take, grasp; acquire," or directly from Latin apprehendere "to take hold of, grasp," from ad- "to" + prehendere "to seize" (see prehensile). Metaphoric extension to "seize with the mind" took place in Latin, and was the sole sense of cognate Old French aprendre (Modern French apprendre "to learn, to be informed about;" also cf. apprentice). Original sense returned in English in meaning "to seize in the name of the law, arrest," recorded from 1540s, which use probably was taken directly from Latin. Related: Apprehended; apprehending.
- verb catch and arrest
- verb understand
- And well might they apprehend so:—For who do you think he is?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Nor let any one apprehend that this subject can ever become trite and vulgar.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- "Much the same, I apprehend, as to the rich," answered M'Leod.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Manifest no distrust, or you may invite the danger you appear to apprehend.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- If it be for what I apprehend it to be, life will not be supportable upon the terms.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I was commissioned by the king to apprehend the Earl of Huntingdon.
- Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
- All that I apprehend, may exist merely in my own distempered imagination.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It cannot, cannot be, that I should have cause to apprehend him to be so ungenerous, so bad a man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But pray, Sir, interrupting him, how came you to apprehend that I should revoke my intention?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Afterwards his master sought to apprehend him and send him off to Jamaica, for sale.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
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