APPREHEND


Meaning of APPREHEND in English

I . v. a.

1.

Seize, arrest, take, catch, detain, capture, take prisoner.

2.

Conceive, imagine, look at, regard, view.

3.

See ( mentally ), perceive , realize , understand , take in , appreciate , take the meaning or point of.

4.

Fear, forebode, have a presentiment of.

II . v. n.

Think, suppose, imagine, conceive, fancy, hold, ween, presume, be of opinion, take it. See opine .

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