APPREHEND


Meaning of APPREHEND in English

v.tr. 1 understand, perceive (apprehend your meaning). 2 seize, arrest (apprehended the criminal). 3 anticipate with uneasiness or fear (apprehending the results).

[ F appréhender or L apprehendere (as AD-, prehendere prehens- lay hold of) ]

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