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Apprehend   /ˌæprɪhˈɛnd/   Listen
Apprehend

verb
(past & past part. apprehended; pres. part. apprehending)
1.
Get the meaning of something.  Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy.
2.
Take into custody.  Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up.
3.
Anticipate with dread or anxiety.  Synonym: quail at.



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"Apprehend" Quotes from Famous Books



... words: 'To search for a roof after one has arrived at one's destination is a shameful thing. To search for knowledge when one is in possession of one's object is supererogatory. Close your lips [in surprise], for the Master has arisen; apprehend the news thereof. The sun which points out to us the way we should go, has appeared; the night of error and of ignorance is brought to nothing.' With a loud voice he then recited the prayer of Friday, which is to replace the daily prayer when ...
— The Reconciliation of Races and Religions • Thomas Kelly Cheyne

... could her great spirit have need to walk the earth again. Was such a thing possible, I wondered? No, it was not possible, yet it was true that her atmosphere seemed to cling about this place and that my imagination, excited by memory and Nombe's suggestions, seemed to apprehend ...
— Finished • H. Rider Haggard

... "Though I apprehend no immediate danger, Miss Fairfax, it is to be regretted that this sad moment finds Mr. Fairfax at variance with his only surviving son," said Dr. Marks. "Mr. Laurence Fairfax ought to be here. It is probable ...
— The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax • Harriet Parr

... genie and princess all in flames. They threw ashes of fire out of their mouths at each other, till they came to close combat; then the two fires increased, with a thick, burning smoke, which mounted so high that we had reason to apprehend it would set the palace on fire. But we very soon had a more pressing occasion of fear, for the genie, having got loose from the princess, came to the gallery where we stood, and blew flames of fire upon us. We must all have perished had not the princess, ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments • Anonymous

... an inward sight, and whose quick perceptions bring before the soul, as though painted on a canvas, the contrasting scenery of this universe, will now apprehend the general features of the Strom-fiord. They alone, perhaps, can thread their way through the tortuous channels of the reef, or flee with the battling waves to the everlasting rebuff of the Falberg whose white peaks mingle ...
— Seraphita • Honore de Balzac


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