apprehend
11apprehend — [[t]æ̱prɪhe̱nd[/t]] apprehends, apprehending, apprehended 1) VERB If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them. [FORMAL] [V n] Police have not apprehended her killer. Syn: catch 2) VERB If you apprehend something, you… …
12apprehend — verb /æ.pɹiˈhɛnd/ a) To take or seize; to take hold of. We have two hands to apprehend it. . b) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a… …
13apprehend — [14] The underlying notion in apprehend is of ‘seizing’ or ‘grasping’; it comes ultimately from the Latin verb prehendere ‘seize’ (source also of comprehend, predatory, and prehensile). Latin apprehendere ‘lay hold of’, formed with the prefix ad …
14apprehend — UK [ˌæprɪˈhend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms apprehend : present tense I/you/we/they apprehend he/she/it apprehends present participle apprehending past tense apprehended past participle apprehended 1) formal to arrest someone 2) very formal …
15apprehend — [14] The underlying notion in apprehend is of ‘seizing’ or ‘grasping’; it comes ultimately from the Latin verb prehendere ‘seize’ (source also of comprehend, predatory, and prehensile). Latin apprehendere ‘lay hold of’, formed with the prefix ad …
16apprehend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin apprehendere, literally, to seize, from ad + prehendere to seize more at get Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. arrest, seize < apprehend a thief > 2 …
17apprehend — See apprehend, comprehend …
18apprehend — verb Apprehend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alien, ↑culprit, ↑intruder, ↑suspect …
19apprehend — verb 1) the thieves were quickly apprehended Syn: arrest, catch, capture, seize; take prisoner, take into custody, detain, put in jail, put behind bars, imprison, incarcerate; informal bag, collar, nab, nail, run in, bust …
20apprehend — ap•pre•hend [[t]ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd[/t]] v. t. 1) to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars[/ex] 2) to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively; perceive 3) to expect with anxiety, suspicion …
