Apprehend Common

Apprehend has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

get the meaning of something

"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

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take into custody

"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

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anticipate with dread or anxiety

apprehend quail at

To take or seize; to take hold of.

See Also

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Related Terms

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)

understand seize anticipate

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

figure catch on intuit digest

Rhyming Words

end bend hend vend lend pend send tend zend wend mend fend rend emend 3 end trend piend fiend shend anend

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