APPREHEND


Meaning of APPREHEND in English

— apprehender , n.

/ap'ri hend"/ , v.t.

1. to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars.

2. to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively; perceive.

3. to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate: apprehending violence.

v.i.

4. to understand.

5. to be apprehensive, suspicious, or fearful; fear.

[ 1350-1400; ME apprehenden apprehendere to grasp, equiv. to ap- AP- 1 + prehendere to seize ( pre- PRE- + -hendere to grasp) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .