Definition of apprehend

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Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..

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Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. i.) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose..
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical..
Conceive :: Conceive (v. t.) To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
Apprehender :: Apprehender (n.) One who apprehends.
Misapprehend :: Misapprehend (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime..
Unconscious :: Unconscious (a.) Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration..
Conception :: Conception (n.) The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
Envisage :: Envisage (v. t.) To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.
Lictor :: Lictor (n.) An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals..
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.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem..
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.
Apprehensive :: Apprehensive (a.) Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning..
Incognizance :: Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice..
Imperceptible :: Imperceptible (a.) Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Hear :: Hear (v. t.) To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To take or seize; to take hold of.
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