v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending. ] [ L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appréhender. See Prehensile, Get. ] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We have two hands to apprehend it. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To know or learn with certainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. -- To Apprehend, Comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. “We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be apprehensive; to fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apprehends. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending. ] [ L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See Get, and cf. Comprise. ] 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Is. xl. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. Rom. xiii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. [ 1913 Webster ]

At a loss to comprehend the question. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. Job. xxxvii. 5.

Syn. -- To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See Apprehend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. able to be understood. Opposite of incomprehensible. [ Narrower terms: clear, distinct ] Also See: clear, explicable, fathomable, intelligible.
Syn. -- comprehensible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Deprehending. ] [ L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile. ] 1. To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deprehended adulteress.Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To detect; to discover; to find out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. prehendere. See Prehensile. ] To lay hold of; to seize. [ Obs. ] Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprehending. ] [ L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ] To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reprehends. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st un- + comprehend. ] To fail to comprehend. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]