What does apprehend mean?
Definitions for apprehend
ˌæp rɪˈhɛndap·pre·hend
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word apprehend.
Princeton's WordNet
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb
take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
apprehend, quail atverb
anticipate with dread or anxiety
Wiktionary
apprehendverb
To take or seize; to take hold of.
apprehendverb
To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
to apprehend a criminal.
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.
apprehendverb
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
apprehendverb
To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
apprehendverb
To be apprehensive; to fear.
Etymology: From apprehender (French: appréhender), from apprehendere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To APPREHENDverb
Etymology: apprehendo, Lat. to take hold of.
There is nothing but hath a double handle, or at least we have two hands to apprehend it. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.
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.
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.
From my grandfather’s death I had reason to apprehend the stone; and, from my father’s life, the gout. William Temple.
ChatGPT
apprehend
Apprehend is a verb that generally refers to three main actions. 1. To understand or perceive: In this context, it means to grasp an idea or comprehend a concept. For example, "She finally apprehended the complex physics equation." 2. To arrest or seize: Here, it pertains to the action of law enforcement authorities who catch and arrest a person suspected of a crime. For example, "The police apprehended the suspect at his home." 3. To anticipate with anxiety or fear: In this case, it means to expect something negative with a sense of trepidation. For example, "He apprehended the worst after hearing the news."
Webster Dictionary
Apprehendverb
to take or seize; to take hold of
Apprehendverb
hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal
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
Apprehendverb
to know or learn with certainty
Apprehendverb
to anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear
Apprehendverb
to think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose
Apprehendverb
to be apprehensive; to fear
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 Gazetteer
apprehend
In a military sense, implies the seizing or confining of any person; as, to apprehend a deserter, etc.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of apprehend in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of apprehend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of apprehend in a Sentence
On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
They were able to apprehend the suspect in the downtown area.
They were not there to serve and protect, or even to apprehend ; they were there to punish and dominate.
Sadly, this sort of consequence-free murder of people in the name of avenging' blasphemy' has been going on for far too long in the North. This must stop ! the monsters in that video are easily identifiable. The Sokoto State government must immediately apprehend them and make an example of them. If The Sokoto State government doesn't happen, this kind of murderous barbarism will continue.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of who the perpetrators are. I have ordered the security forces to use all means at their disposal to apprehend the murderers and bring them to justice.
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- قب� علىArabic
- долавям, схващам, хващам, опасявам се, арестувам, задържамBulgarian
- aprehendreCatalan, Valencian
- pågribeDanish
- festnehmen, begreifen, fangenGerman
- comprender, detener, coger, temer, captar, entender, capturar, aprehender, prender, percibirSpanish
- درک کردنPersian
- appréhenderFrench
- snappen, begrijpen, vattenDutch
- capturar, apreender, prender, deterPortuguese
- chapayQuechua
- задержать, арестоватьRussian
- aretirati, prijeti, pojmiti, bati seSlovene
- gripa, greppa, förståSwedish
- จับกุมThai
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