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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Conceit :: Conceit (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit..
Slow-witted :: Slow-witted (a.) Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. i.) To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute.
Phase :: Phase (n.) Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases..
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened..
Notion :: Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae..
Dread :: Dread (n.) An object of terrified apprehension.
Fear :: Fear (v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
Serious :: Serious (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury..
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension..
Seeming :: Seeming (n.) Apprehension; judgment.
Panic :: Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Abstruseness :: Abstruseness (n.) The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
Conception :: Conception (n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension..
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition..
See :: See (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
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