Apprehend Definition

ăprĭ-hĕnd
apprehended, apprehending, apprehends
verb
apprehended, apprehending, apprehends
To take into custody; arrest.
Apprehended the murderer.
American Heritage
To take into custody; capture or arrest.
Webster's New World
To understand.
Webster's New World
To grasp mentally; understand.
American Heritage
To take hold of mentally; perceive; understand.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Apprehend

  • Middle English apprehenden from Old French apprehender from Latin apprehendere to seize ad- ad- prehendere to grasp ghend- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French apprehender (> French appréhender), from Latin apprehendere. Compare Spanish aprender.

    From Wiktionary

Apprehend Sentence Examples

  • I am confident that the police will apprehend the criminals soon.

  • To apprehend it is really the first great step in philosophical education.

  • The child couldn't quite apprehend the idea of going to school every day, making the first few weeks difficult.

  • The essential holiness of God, - do we rightly apprehend what it is?

  • It was difficult to apprehend the philosophical discussion, but Julia tried her best to learn from it.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

DNDEND

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Words Starting With A and Ending With D

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