Definition of apprehend

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Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..

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Apprehended :: Apprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Apprehen.
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..
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..
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..
Taker :: Taker (n.) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Sensate :: Sensate (v. t.) To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..
Incognizance :: Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To know or learn with certainty.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. i.) To be apprehensive; to fear.
Apprehensible :: Apprehensible (a.) Capable of being apprehended or conceived.
Incognizant :: Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem..
Idea :: Idea (n.) Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of..
Hear :: Hear (v. i.) To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
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.
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.
Cognitive :: Cognitive (a.) Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power..
Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..
Noumenon :: Noumenon (n.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers..
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