[ap.pre.hen.sion] n [ME, fr. LL apprehension-, apprehensio, fr. L apprehendere] (14c) 1 a: the act or power of perceiving or comprehending "a person of dull ~" b: the result of apprehending mentally: conception "according to popular ~"
2: seizure by legal process: arrest
3: suspicion or fear esp. of future evil: foreboding