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apprehend definition
ap·pre·hend (ap′rē hend′, -ri-)
transitive verb
- to take into custody; capture or arrest
- to take hold of mentally; perceive; understand
- to anticipate with anxiety; dread
- Obsolete to seize
Etymology: ME apprehenden < LL apprehendere, to understand < L, to take hold of < ad-, to + prehendere: see prehensile
intransitive verb
to understand
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