Definition of apprehend

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Apprehend (v. t.) To take or seize; to take hold of.

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Apprehensible :: Apprehensible (a.) Capable of being apprehended or conceived.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To know or learn with certainty.
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..
Apprehending :: Apprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apprehen.
Cognitive :: Cognitive (a.) Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power..
Feeling :: Feeling (n.) An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.
Nice :: Nice (superl.) Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment..
Apprehensive :: Apprehensive (a.) Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning..
Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc..
Incognizant :: Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..
Unknown :: Unknown (a.) Not known; not apprehended.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider..
Unconscious :: Unconscious (a.) Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration..
Miscognize :: Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
Incognizance :: Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice..
Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
Know :: Know (v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty..
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
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