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ap·pre·hend

 (ăp′rĭ-hĕnd′)
v. ap·pre·hend·ed, ap·pre·hend·ing, ap·pre·hends
v.tr.
1. To take into custody; arrest: apprehended the murderer.
2. To grasp mentally; understand: "Science is the systematic method by which we apprehend what is true about the real world in which we live" (Richard Dawkins). See Synonyms at understand.
3. To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive: "She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life" (Kate Chopin).
4. Archaic To anticipate with worry or dread.
v.intr.
To understand something.
[Middle English apprehenden, from Old French apprehender, from Latin apprehendere, to seize : ad-, ad- + prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
ap′pre·hend′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.apprehender - a person who knows or apprehendsapprehender - a person who knows or apprehends  
knower
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
2.apprehender - a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)apprehender - a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
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