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apprehend

apprehend (third-person singular simple present apprehends, present participle apprehending, simple past and past participle apprehended)

1. (transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.

   We have two hands to apprehend it. -- Jeremy Taylor.

2. Hence: (transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
3. (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.

   This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the kings head, and he violently apprehended it. -- Thomas Fuller.

   The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. --William Gladstone

4. (transitive) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

   The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

5. (intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
6. (intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

   It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. --Rowe.

Definizione dizionario apprehend

arrestare

capire

afferrare

colpire

comprendere

fermare

intendere

interrompere

prendere

temere

Altri significati:

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

to arrest; to apprehend a criminal

(transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.

get an inkling (of something)

To take or seize; to take hold of

(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.

(intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

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

to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear

to understand; to recognize

To seize and keep prisoner.

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

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