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appreˈhended, ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ed.] 1. Taken hold of, seized; arrested.
1597Daniel Civ. Wares vi. lviii, Th' apprehended Duke. 2. Laid hold of by the mind, conceived.
1668Howe Bless. Righteous (1825) 129 Lord! whence is this apprehended inconsistency? 1880Cyples Hum. Exp. i. 17 The intellectually-apprehended Executive System. 3. Anticipated (with aversion), dreaded.
1742Richardson Pamela IV. 7 When the apprehended Time shall be over. 1825Southey Paraguay iv. 29 On Monnema the apprehended ill Came first. |