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) ]
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) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012