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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•pre•hend /ˌæprɪˈhɛnd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to take into custody;
arrest:The police apprehended the burglars. - to grasp the meaning of;
perceive:could apprehend the difference between the two words.
See -prehend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•pre•hend (ap′ri hend′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to take into custody;
arrest by legal warrant or authority:The police apprehended the burglars. - to grasp the meaning of;
understand, esp. intuitively;
perceive. - to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear;
anticipate:apprehending violence.
v.i. - to understand.
- to be apprehensive, suspicious, or fearful;
fear.
- Latin apprehendere to grasp, equivalent. to ap- ap-1 + prehendere to seize (pre- pre- + -hendere to grasp)
- Middle English apprehenden 1350–1400
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