† apprensionn.
Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > understanding, comprehension
knowing1340
taking1395
apprehending1398
feela1400
conceitc1405
perceitc1460
comprehension?15..
intellection?1526
apprension1589
making-outa1601
reception1612
uptaking1614
perceivancy1649
comprehending1668
recognition1749
prehension1836
prension1837
wavelength1925
1589 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. (ed. 2) I. 182 Mad men, who have alwaies before their eies those Ideas and shapes, which worke the apprension [other eds. apprehension] of their furie.
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n.1589- to kick someone out on her ass
- to kick someone out on his ass
- to kick someone upstairs
- to kick something under the rug
- to kick the bucket
- to kick the can down the road
- to kick the can down the street
- to kick the hindsight out or off
- to kick the tyres
- to kick the wind or clouds
- to kick under the rug
- to kick up
- to kick up a person's heels
- to kick up a row
- to kick up a shindy
- to kick up merry hell
- to kick up one's heels
- to kick up the heel
- to kick up, make, raise a stour
- to lift a cry, one's voice
- to lift a finger
- to lift a finger against
- to lift a finger against a person
- to lift a finger against a thing
- to lift a finger to