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apprehend(dictionary)

apprehend (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: apprehendere 'to take hold of', from ad- 'to' + prehendere 'to seize']
formal if the police apprehend a criminal, they catch him or her
-synonym arrest arrest
::The police have failed to apprehend the culprits.
old-fashioned to understand something
::They were slow to apprehend the danger.