† deprehendv.
/dɛprɪˈhɛnd/ Obsolete.
1. transitive. To seize, capture; to arrest, apprehend.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)]
at-holda1230
attacha1325
resta1325
takec1330
arrest1393
restay?a1400
tachec1400
seisinc1425
to take upa1438
stowc1450
seize1471
to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515
deprehend1532
apprehend1548
nipa1566
upsnatcha1566
finger1572
to make stay of1572
embarge1585
cap1590
reprehend1598
prehenda1605
embar1647
nap1665
nab1686
bone1699
roast1699
do1784
touch1785
pinch1789
to pull up1799
grab1800
nick1806
pull1811
hobble1819
nail1823
nipper1823
bag1824
lag1847
tap1859
snaffle1860
to put the collar on1865
copper1872
to take in1878
lumber1882
to pick up1887
to pull in1893
lift1923
drag1924
to knock off1926
to put the sleeve on1930
bust1940
pop1960
vamp1970
1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 758/1 He would..cause them to be deprehended and taken.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 6 About the year of God 1431, was deprehended in the Universitie of Sanctandrose, one named Paull Craw, a Bohame..accused of heresye.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 390 With him were deprehended divers missive Letters..signed by the Earl.
1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. v. 11 Least they should be deprehended for theeves.
1834 Hogg Mora Campbell 638 Two wives at once to deprehend him.
2.
a. To catch or detect (a person) in the commission of some evil or secret deed; to take by surprise.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (a person) in wrongdoing or predicament
finda1200
overtakea1325
takec1330
oftakea1382
overgoa1400
deprehenda1535
reprehend1538
to find out1545
surprise?1592
nail1766
pawl1859
bust1960
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. viii. sig. B.v [Achan] might wel see that he was deprehended, and taken against his wil.
1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. cxxxix Yf he wer deprehended in like crime.
1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. ii, in Wks. (1851) I. 272 Touching the woman deprehended in adultery.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 294 When Moses came downe from God, and deprehended the people, in that Idolatry to the Calfe.
1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. ii. iii. iii. 228 Being deprehended a Confederate with Sô, King of Ægypt..this stirred up the King of Assyria against him.
b. To convict or prove guilty (of).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)]
fordeemc1000
attain1330
filec1330
condemna1340
shape1340
dem1377
convictc1380
reprovea1382
damnc1384
overtakea1393
attainta1400
taintc1400
commita1425
vanquish1502
convincea1535
cast1536
convanquish1540
deprehend1598
forejudge1603
do1819
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. xi. 80 Noting the countenance, and the feare of euery one of such, which should be deprehended of this shamefull lauishing.
3.
a. To detect or discover (anything concealed or liable to escape notice).
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect
seec1300
perceivec1330
deprehend1523
read1561
wind1583
savour1602
subodorate1606
smoke1608
detect1756
to find out1883
1523 in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 105 The more the said Breve cometh unto light..the more falsities may be deprehended therein.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 554 The fraud..is easily deprehended, for both the odor and the colour are different from the true Amber.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §98 The Motions of the Minute Parts of Bodies..are Invisible, and incurre not to the Eye; but yet they are to be deprehended by Experience.
a1683 B. Whichcote Sel. Serm. (1698) 22 If it [our Religion] had been a Cheat and an imposture it would have been deprehended in length of Time.
b. With subordinate clause.
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1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Hij In the bokes of Tulli, men may deprehende, that in hym lacked nat the knowlege of geometrye, ne musike, ne grammer.
a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) vii. 89 We deprehended it to be a mere delusion.
1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage iv. 30 Easily deprehend if there be mixture of Allay amongst it.
Derivatives
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > and caught in the act
red-handc1430
deprehended1655
red-handed1819
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > arrested > caught in the act
deprehended1655
1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium ix. §1 (R.) Of the thief on the cross and the deprehended adultress.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. i. Rule 1 §12.
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