APPREHEND
apprehend
Verb
- To take or seize; to take hold of.
- To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- to apprehend a criminal.
- To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
- To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
- To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
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