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▪ I. appreˈhending, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. apprehend; apprehension, esp. in senses 3, 7, 12.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. ix, The vertu of apprehendynge [L. apprehensiva potentia], þat is maner knowynge, is departid a tweyne. 1553–87Foxe A. & M. III. 321 Going from place to place, to avoid the peril of apprehending. 1581Sidney Astrophel lxvi, Quick apprehending..Of euerie image which may comfort show. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 508 To issue a proclamation for the apprehending of Ludlow. 1880Cyples Hum. Exp. ii. 40 Experience includes the apprehending of a regulative order, &c.
▪ II. appreˈhending, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That apprehends; understanding, perceptive.
1656Ridgley Pract. Physic 206 Imagination..is an apprehending power. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. xviii. (1865) 359 Newly-apprehending gratitude at second life bestowed. |