Apprehend

Quick meaning: Apprehend is a verb meaning To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.

Meaning

To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.

More Meanings

1. To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
2. To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
3. To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
4. To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
5. To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
6. To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
7. To feel (something) emotionally.

Example Sentences

This ſuſpicion of Earl Reimund, though at firſt but a buzze, ſoon got a ſting in the Kings head, and he violently apprehended it.

[E]ach man for his own sake / Accepts you as his guide, avails him of what worth / He apprehends in you to sublimate his earth / With fire: […]

We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant.

[…] Angel ſignifieth there, nothing but God himſelf, that cauſed Agar ſupernaturally to apprehend a voice from heaven; or rather, nothing elſe but a Voice ſupernaturall, teſtifying Gods ſpeciall preſence there.

Word Forms

• apprehends
• apprehending
• apprehended

Synonyms for apprehend

Depending on context, synonyms include catch, get, believe, gather, reckon, capture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nab, arrest, pick up, grasp, comprehend, savvy.

Related Dictionary Tools