Apprehend
Apprehend (ap`pre*hend") , transitive verb
[Latin apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Greek chanda`nein to hold, contain, and English get: compare French appréhender. See Prehensile, Get.]
1.
To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]
We have two hands to apprehend it.
2.
Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
3.
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.
The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.
4.
To know or learn with certainty. [Obsolete]
G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how.
5.
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence.
Apprehend , intransitive verb
1.
To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
2.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.