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de·p·re·hend
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DEPREHENDverb
Etymology: deprehendo, Latin.
That wretched creature, being deprehended in that impiety, was held in ward. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 11.
Who can believe men upon their own authority, that are once deprehended in so gross and impious an imposture. More.
The motions of the minute parts of bodies, which do so great effects, have not been observed at all, because they are invisible, and incur not to the eye; but yet they are to be deprehended by experience. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 98.
Webster Dictionary
Deprehendverb
to take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend
Deprehendverb
to detect; to discover; to find out
Etymology: [L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Deprehend
dep′re-hend, v.t. to catch, seize: to apprehend. [Through Fr. from L. deprehendĕre—de, and prehendĕre, to take.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deprehend in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deprehend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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