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apprehension definition

ap·pre·hen·sion (-hen′s̸hən)

noun

  1. capture or arrest
  2. mental grasp; perception or understanding
  3. a judgment or opinion
  4. an anxious feeling of foreboding; dread

Etymology: ME apprehencioun < LL apprehensio: see apprehend

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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