apprehensionn.

/aprɪˈhɛnʃən/

Etymology: < (? through French appréhension , 15th cent. in Littré) Latin apprehensiōn-em, noun of action < apprehendĕre to seize upon: see apprehend v. and -ion suffix¹.

gen. The action of seizing upon, seizure, grasp. As in other adopted words, employed in the mental before the physical senses, for which native English and Old French words were in use.

I. Physical.

1. The action of laying hold of or seizing (physically); prehension, grasping. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing

gripinga1300

arrestc1386

gripe1393

seizingc1400

henting1440

kippingc1440

prensation1620

gripping1632

apprehension1646

comprehension1712

prehension1807

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. v. 115 [A lobster's claw is] a part of apprehension..whereby they hold or seize upon their prey.

1835 T. S. Smith Philos. Health I. v. 262 The superior extremities [of the body] are organs of apprehension.

2. Law. The action of taking manual possession.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > [noun] > taking manual possession

apprehensiona1859

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. lvi. 928 The absolute property rei singulæ cannot be acquired commonly without an apprehension or a taking possession of the thing by the acquirer.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. 203 Either constructive delivery (traditio) or apprehension (perceptio).

3. The seizure of a person, a ship, etc., in the name of justice or authority; arrest. Const. subject genitive of the actor, object genitive of the person arrested, the latter being more frequent: ‘The king's apprehension of Pym,’ ‘Pym's apprehension by the king’.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun]

attachmenta1325

arresting1424

arrest1440

arrestment1474

restc1500

attach1508

attaching1515

deprehension1527

prehension1534

apprehending1563

apprehension1577

cog-shoulder1604

caption1609

deprension1654

nap1655

arrestation1792

body-snatching1840

shoulder-tap1842

collar1865

fall1883

nicking1883

cop1886

pinch1900

pickup1908

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. i. ii. iv. 103 If they be taken the third time and have not since their second apprehension applied themselves to labour.

1614 Sir R. Dudley in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 6 Your answer tuiching his Majestys aprehension of the forcible vessell.

1881 Chambers's Jrnl. No. 916. 457 A warrant for his apprehension was obtained.

II. Mental.

†4. gen. The action of learning, the laying hold or acquirement of knowledge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > [noun]

learningc897

apprehensiona1398

self-storage1876

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. vi. 183 Mene meuinge is to praisinge, for it tokeneþ esy apprehencioun.

1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. i. 3 The ancient Philosophers esteemed it a great part of wisdome to conceale their learning from vulgar apprehension or use.

5. The action of laying hold of with the senses; conscious perception. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > action of perceiving

apperceivingc1386

perceiverancea1500

perceivance1534

embracement1599

apprehension1600

intuition1628

perception1762

apperception1848

external perceptiona1856

cognizing1862

perceptualization1936

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 179 Darke night, that from the eye, his function takes, The eare more quicke of apprehension makes.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 9 She [the Virgin] had a corporall, as well as a mental apprehension of the Messenger.

1729 W. Law Serious Call xi. 177 Invisible to his eyes, being too glorious for the apprehension of flesh and blood.

†6. The action of ‘feeling’ anything emotionally; sensitiveness or sensibility to; sympathetic perception. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [noun]

sentimentc1374

feelinga1425

feelc1450

apprehension1605

sensibleness1605

sensea1616

sensibility1634

emotional intelligence1872

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [noun] > action of feeling

apprehension1605

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun]

feeling?c1400

tendernessc1440

heart1557

nicety1583

toucha1586

apprehension1605

tender-heartedness1607

sensibility1609

sensibleness1613

acuteness1644

exquisiteness1650

susceptivity1722

sensation1744

soul1748

susceptibility1753

sensitivity1773

sensitiveness1788

affettuoso1791

sensibilité1817

soulfulness1842

mild-heartedness1849

susceptiveness1873

sensitivism1877

tender-mindedness1907

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > [noun] > sympathetic perception

apprehension1605

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D3^v [They] haue not their thoughts established..in the loue and apprehension of dutie.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 15 If men did conscionably and in right apprehension of Gods goodnes blesse their meate.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 206 The Queen..out of a deep apprehension of that lamentable accident, forthwith directed [etc.].

a. The action of grasping with the intellect; the forming of an idea; conception; intellection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [noun] > forming of ideas

thoughta1325

conceptiona1387

conceiving1559

conceiting1563

surmise1592

apprehension1597

realization1797

ideation1818

conceptualization1866

conceptualizing1897

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 25 Better..ys a short and diligent readinge..then to turn manie leaves with small regard and less apprehention.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xi. 96 Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 177. ⁋3 My quickness of apprehension, and celerity of reply.

1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law ii. 110 A clear apprehension of this Abstract Idea was necessary to a right understanding.

1870 F. C. Bowen Logic i. 28 Simple Apprehension corresponds very nearly to that sort of thinking which we now call Conception.

b. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1896 G. F. Stout Anal. Psychol. I. i. iv. 95 This circumstance suggests a name for that apprehension of a whole which takes place without discernment of its parts. We may call it implicit apprehension.

8. The apprehensive faculty; ability to understand; understanding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun]

witOE

understandinga1050

intention1340

intendmentc1374

knowledgea1387

intelligencec1390

conceitc1405

intellect?a1475

perceiverancea1500

perceiverationa1500

receipta1500

intendiment1528

reach1542

apprehension1570

toucha1586

understandingnessa1628

apprehensivenessa1639

ingenuity1651

comprehensiona1662

intelligibility1661

intelligency1663

uptake1816

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *j^v So..dull is our apprehension.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iii. sig. E2^v O the quick apprehension of women.

1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse Pref. It was above my apprehension to conceive.

1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 214 How forcibly the lapse of time..came home to my apprehension.

9. The product of grasping with the mind; a conception or idea; also, the abiding result of such conception; a view, notion, or opinion entertained upon any subject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > a view, notion, opinion

thingOE

thoughtc1300

opinion1340

device1393

holdingc1449

opinationc1475

sense1539

apprehension1579

suppose1587

supposal1589

conception1603

notion1603

opining1611

tenet1631

respect1662

sentiment1675

perception1701

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > occupying the mind

thoughta1250

apprehension1579

intellection1579

reflect1594

notion1603

idea1633

reflection1648

presentment1817

earthly1897

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 763/2 We haue no apprehension of y^e heauenly life, when we are thus tyed to this world.

1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 19 Fix not too rashly upon your first apprehensions.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 17 June 81 Which, according to vulgar apprehensions, swept away his head.

1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §1 The first part of logic treats of simple apprehensions and of terms.

1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. Introd. 11 We must obey the moral law to have a true apprehension of it.

†10. The conception or idea expressed by a word; meaning, sense. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun]

to owe a wolda1325

meaninga1387

significationa1398

understanding1433

pretensionc1443

intellect?a1475

tendment1519

sense1530

reciprocation1604

sensing1613

denotation1614

apprehension1615

explicitness1630

sounda1631

notion1646

bodementa1657

means1656

force1709

notation1829

connotation1865

content1875

territory1875

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 102 The kingdome of heauen..hath a diuerse sense and apprehension in the Scriptures.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 15 Other wayes there are of deceit which consist not in false apprehension of words.

11. The representation to oneself of what is still future; anticipation; chiefly of things adverse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun]

to-hopec888

weenOE

hopea1225

thoughta1350

opiniona1425

attentc1430

looking1440

presume?a1500

beliefa1522

expectation1527

expection1532

looking for1532

looking after?1537

expecting1568

imagination1582

expectance1593

suppose1596

expect1597

expectancy1609

apprehensiona1616

contemplationa1631

prospect1665

supposition1719

speculationa1797

augury1871

preperception1871

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > accompanied by fear

feara1300

suspiciona1340

dreadc1400

suspectc1400

dreadourc1540

apprehensiona1616

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > representation to oneself of what is in future

apprehensiona1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 76 The sence of death is most in apprehension .

1693 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit 12 Sorrow had filled their Hearts upon the Apprehension of his Departure.

1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity Pref. sig. A ij The following Queries were drawn up..when I had not the least apprehension of their appearing in print.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxix. 358 Leaving us to the thaws of summer and the stormy winds of September before our imprisonment ceases. The apprehension has no mirth in it.

12. Fear as to what may happen; dread.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension

doubta1225

feara1300

werea1300

suspiciona1340

doubtancea1400

suspectc1400

dwerec1440

suspensec1440

doubting1486

frayed1536

doubtfulness1576

pain1582

preapprehension1628

apprehension1656

alarm1733

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 317 The bare fears of such things and apprehensions of their approach.

1709 Tatler No. 108. ⁋1 I..looked about with some Apprehension..for Fear any Foreigner should be present.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 67 Their representatives at Paris expressed apprehensions that France would interfere.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 263 Not without apprehension of being bitten by serpents.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	apprehension
释义	apprehensionn. /aprɪˈhɛnʃən/ Etymology: < (? through French appréhension , 15th cent. in Littré) Latin apprehensiōn-em, noun of action < apprehendĕre to seize upon: see apprehend v. and -ion suffix¹. gen. The action of seizing upon, seizure, grasp. As in other adopted words, employed in the mental before the physical senses, for which native English and Old French words were in use. I. Physical. 1. The action of laying hold of or seizing (physically); prehension, grasping. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing gripinga1300 arrestc1386 gripe1393 seizingc1400 henting1440 kippingc1440 prensation1620 gripping1632 apprehension1646 comprehension1712 prehension1807 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. v. 115 [A lobster's claw is] a part of apprehension..whereby they hold or seize upon their prey. 1835 T. S. Smith Philos. Health I. v. 262 The superior extremities [of the body] are organs of apprehension. 2. Law. The action of taking manual possession. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > [noun] > taking manual possession apprehensiona1859 a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. lvi. 928 The absolute property rei singulæ cannot be acquired commonly without an apprehension or a taking possession of the thing by the acquirer. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. 203 Either constructive delivery (traditio) or apprehension (perceptio). 3. The seizure of a person, a ship, etc., in the name of justice or authority; arrest. Const. subject genitive of the actor, object genitive of the person arrested, the latter being more frequent: ‘The king's apprehension of Pym,’ ‘Pym's apprehension by the king’. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] attachmenta1325 arresting1424 arrest1440 arrestment1474 restc1500 attach1508 attaching1515 deprehension1527 prehension1534 apprehending1563 apprehension1577 cog-shoulder1604 caption1609 deprension1654 nap1655 arrestation1792 body-snatching1840 shoulder-tap1842 collar1865 fall1883 nicking1883 cop1886 pinch1900 pickup1908 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. i. ii. iv. 103 If they be taken the third time and have not since their second apprehension applied themselves to labour. 1614 Sir R. Dudley in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 6 Your answer tuiching his Majestys aprehension of the forcible vessell. 1881 Chambers's Jrnl. No. 916. 457 A warrant for his apprehension was obtained. II. Mental. †4. gen. The action of learning, the laying hold or acquirement of knowledge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [noun] learningc897 apprehensiona1398 self-storage1876 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. vi. 183 Mene meuinge is to praisinge, for it tokeneþ esy apprehencioun. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. i. 3 The ancient Philosophers esteemed it a great part of wisdome to conceale their learning from vulgar apprehension or use. 5. The action of laying hold of with the senses; conscious perception. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > action of perceiving apperceivingc1386 perceiverancea1500 perceivance1534 embracement1599 apprehension1600 intuition1628 perception1762 apperception1848 external perceptiona1856 cognizing1862 perceptualization1936 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 179 Darke night, that from the eye, his function takes, The eare more quicke of apprehension makes. View more context for this quotation a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 9 She [the Virgin] had a corporall, as well as a mental apprehension of the Messenger. 1729 W. Law Serious Call xi. 177 Invisible to his eyes, being too glorious for the apprehension of flesh and blood. †6. The action of ‘feeling’ anything emotionally; sensitiveness or sensibility to; sympathetic perception. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [noun] sentimentc1374 feelinga1425 feelc1450 apprehension1605 sensibleness1605 sensea1616 sensibility1634 emotional intelligence1872 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [noun] > action of feeling apprehension1605 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] feeling?c1400 tendernessc1440 heart1557 nicety1583 toucha1586 apprehension1605 tender-heartedness1607 sensibility1609 sensibleness1613 acuteness1644 exquisiteness1650 susceptivity1722 sensation1744 soul1748 susceptibility1753 sensitivity1773 sensitiveness1788 affettuoso1791 sensibilité1817 soulfulness1842 mild-heartedness1849 susceptiveness1873 sensitivism1877 tender-mindedness1907 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > [noun] > sympathetic perception apprehension1605 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D3^v [They] haue not their thoughts established..in the loue and apprehension of dutie. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 15 If men did conscionably and in right apprehension of Gods goodnes blesse their meate. a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 206 The Queen..out of a deep apprehension of that lamentable accident, forthwith directed [etc.]. 7. a. The action of grasping with the intellect; the forming of an idea; conception; intellection. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [noun] > forming of ideas thoughta1325 conceptiona1387 conceiving1559 conceiting1563 surmise1592 apprehension1597 realization1797 ideation1818 conceptualization1866 conceptualizing1897 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 25 Better..ys a short and diligent readinge..then to turn manie leaves with small regard and less apprehention. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xi. 96 Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 177. ⁋3 My quickness of apprehension, and celerity of reply. 1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law ii. 110 A clear apprehension of this Abstract Idea was necessary to a right understanding. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic i. 28 Simple Apprehension corresponds very nearly to that sort of thinking which we now call Conception. b. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1896 G. F. Stout Anal. Psychol. I. i. iv. 95 This circumstance suggests a name for that apprehension of a whole which takes place without discernment of its parts. We may call it implicit apprehension. 8. The apprehensive faculty; ability to understand; understanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] witOE understandinga1050 intention1340 intendmentc1374 knowledgea1387 intelligencec1390 conceitc1405 intellect?a1475 perceiverancea1500 perceiverationa1500 receipta1500 intendiment1528 reach1542 apprehension1570 toucha1586 understandingnessa1628 apprehensivenessa1639 ingenuity1651 comprehensiona1662 intelligibility1661 intelligency1663 uptake1816 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. j^v So..dull is our apprehension. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe* iii. sig. E2^v O the quick apprehension of women. 1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse Pref. It was above my apprehension to conceive. 1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 214 How forcibly the lapse of time..came home to my apprehension. 9. The product of grasping with the mind; a conception or idea; also, the abiding result of such conception; a view, notion, or opinion entertained upon any subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > a view, notion, opinion thingOE thoughtc1300 opinion1340 device1393 holdingc1449 opinationc1475 sense1539 apprehension1579 suppose1587 supposal1589 conception1603 notion1603 opining1611 tenet1631 respect1662 sentiment1675 perception1701 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > occupying the mind thoughta1250 apprehension1579 intellection1579 reflect1594 notion1603 idea1633 reflection1648 presentment1817 earthly1897 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 763/2 We haue no apprehension of y^e heauenly life, when we are thus tyed to this world. 1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 19 Fix not too rashly upon your first apprehensions. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 17 June 81 Which, according to vulgar apprehensions, swept away his head. 1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §1 The first part of logic treats of simple apprehensions and of terms. 1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. Introd. 11 We must obey the moral law to have a true apprehension of it. †10. The conception or idea expressed by a word; meaning, sense. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] to owe a wolda1325 meaninga1387 significationa1398 understanding1433 pretensionc1443 intellect?a1475 tendment1519 sense1530 reciprocation1604 sensing1613 denotation1614 apprehension1615 explicitness1630 sounda1631 notion1646 bodementa1657 means1656 force1709 notation1829 connotation1865 content1875 territory1875 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 102 The kingdome of heauen..hath a diuerse sense and apprehension in the Scriptures. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 15 Other wayes there are of deceit which consist not in false apprehension of words. View more context for this quotation 11. The representation to oneself of what is still future; anticipation; chiefly of things adverse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] to-hopec888 weenOE hopea1225 thoughta1350 opiniona1425 attentc1430 looking1440 presume?a1500 beliefa1522 expectation1527 expection1532 looking for1532 looking after?1537 expecting1568 imagination1582 expectance1593 suppose1596 expect1597 expectancy1609 apprehensiona1616 contemplationa1631 prospect1665 supposition1719 speculationa1797 augury1871 preperception1871 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > accompanied by fear feara1300 suspiciona1340 dreadc1400 suspectc1400 dreadourc1540 apprehensiona1616 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > representation to oneself of what is in future apprehensiona1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 76 The sence of death is most in apprehension . View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit 12 Sorrow had filled their Hearts upon the Apprehension of his Departure. 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity Pref. sig. A ij The following Queries were drawn up..when I had not the least apprehension of their appearing in print. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxix. 358 Leaving us to the thaws of summer and the stormy winds of September before our imprisonment ceases. The apprehension has no mirth in it. 12. Fear as to what may happen; dread. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension doubta1225 feara1300 werea1300 suspiciona1340 doubtancea1400 suspectc1400 dwerec1440 suspensec1440 doubting1486 frayed1536 doubtfulness1576 pain1582 preapprehension1628 apprehension1656 alarm1733 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 317 The bare fears of such things and apprehensions of their approach. 1709 Tatler No. 108. ⁋1 I..looked about with some Apprehension..for Fear any Foreigner should be present. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 67 Their representatives at Paris expressed apprehensions that France would interfere. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 263 Not without apprehension of being bitten by serpents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1398
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