Definitions for apprehend
ˌæp rɪˈhɛndap·pre·hend

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb

   get the meaning of something

   "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

2. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb

   take into custody

   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

3. apprehend, quail atverb

   anticipate with dread or anxiety

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. apprehendverb

   To take or seize; to take hold of.

2. apprehendverb

   To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

   to apprehend a criminal.

3. apprehendverb

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

4. apprehendverb

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

5. apprehendverb

   To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

6. apprehendverb

   To be apprehensive; to fear.

7. Etymology: From apprehender (French: appréhender), from apprehendere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To APPREHENDverb

   Etymology: apprehendo, Lat. to take hold of.

   1. To lay hold on.

   There is nothing but hath a double handle, or at least we have two hands to apprehend it. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.

   2. To seize in order for trial or punishment.

   The governour kept the city with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me. 2 Cor. xi. 32.

   It was the rabble, of which no body was named; and, which is more strange, not one apprehended. Edward Hyde.

   3. To conceive by the mind.

   The good which is gotten by doing, causeth not action; unless, apprehending it as good, we like and desire it. Richard Hooker.

   Yet this I apprehend not, why to those
   Among whom God will deign to dwell on earth,
   So many, and so various laws are giv’n. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   The First Being is invisible and incorruptible, and can only be apprehended by our minds. Edward Stillingfleet.

   4. To think on with terrour; to fear.

   From my grandfather’s death I had reason to apprehend the stone; and, from my father’s life, the gout. William Temple.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apprehendverb

   to take or seize; to take hold of

2. Apprehendverb

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

3. Apprehendverb

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

4. Apprehendverb

   to know or learn with certainty

5. Apprehendverb

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

6. Apprehendverb

   to think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose

7. Apprehendverb

   to be apprehensive; to fear

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apprehend

   ap-pre-hend′, v.t. to lay hold of: to seize by authority: to be conscious of by means of the senses: to lay hold of by the intellect: to catch the meaning of: to consider or hold a thing as such: to fear.—n. Apprehensibil′ity.—adj. Apprehens′ible.—n. Apprehen′sion, act of apprehending or seizing: arrest: (arch.) conscious perception: conception: ability to understand: fear: (obs.) sensitiveness, sensibility to.—adj. Apprehens′ive, pertaining to the laying hold of sensuous and mental impressions: intelligent, clever: having an apprehension or notion of: fearful: anticipative of something adverse.—n. Apprehens′iveness. [L. apprehendĕre—ad, to, prehendĕre, -hensum, to lay hold of.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apprehend

   In a military sense, implies the seizing or confining of any person; as, to apprehend a deserter, etc.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of apprehend in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of apprehend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of apprehend in a Sentence

1. Dos Santos:

   Violence engenders more violence, i think the duty of the police officer is to catch, apprehend and for the justice to judge.

2. Human Rights Watch:

   Regardless of the verdicts in the case, Philippine authorities need to apprehend the several dozen suspects still at large.

3. Steve Cohen:

   They were not there to serve and protect, or even to apprehend ; they were there to punish and dominate.

4. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

   Our nation faces a host of serious, varied and evolving challenges. Our highest priority must always be the security of our homeland, and we are acting aggressively to diffuse threats, we continue to investigate and apprehend those who seek to harm us, including upwards of 70 individuals charged since 2013 for conduct related to foreign fighter activity, and home-grown violent extremism.

5. Greg Abbott:

   This tragic loss is a grave reminder of the risks that our law enforcement officers face every single day, i thank the officers who bravely responded to apprehend the suspect, and I assure you that the state of Texas is committed to bringing this killer to justice.

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