Definition of apprehension

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Apprehension (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension..

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Imagination :: Imagination (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
Seeming :: Seeming (n.) Apprehension; judgment.
Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
Huddle :: Huddle (v. i.) To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd..
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Lest :: Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
Slow-witted :: Slow-witted (a.) Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
Fear :: Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness..
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive..
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect..
Misapprehensively :: Misapprehensively (adv.) By, or with, misapprehension..
Uptake :: Uptake (n.) Understanding; apprehension.
Serious :: Serious (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury..
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Conception :: Conception (n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun..
Dim :: Dim (superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse..
Securely :: Securely (adv.) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
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