. To lay hold of; seize upon; take possession of.
To take into custody; make prisoner; arrest by legal warrant or authority.
To take into the mind; seize or grasp mentally; take cognizance of.
To imagine, especially an object of desire or dread; form a concrete conception of: frequently opposed to comprehend or attend.
To understand; take an intelligent view of.
To anticipate; expect; especially, to entertain suspicion or fear of.
To hold in opinion; be of opinion concerning. See extract.
Synonyms To catch, arrest, capture.
Apprehend, Comprehend; to conceive, perceive, see, know. “We apprehend many truths which we do not comprehend. The great mystery, for instance, of the Holy Trinity—we lay hold upon it (ad prehendo), we hang upon it, our souls live by it; but we do not take it all in, we do not comprehend it. It belongs to the idea of God that he may be apprehended though not comprehended by his reasonable creatures; he has made them to know him, though not to know him all, to apprehend though not to comprehend him.” Trench.
To fear, dread, anticipate (with fear).
To imagine; form a concrete conception of anything; have intellectual perception; catch the idea or meaning.
To believe or be of opinion, but without positive certainty: used as a modest way of introducing an opinion: as, all this is true, but we apprehend it is not to the purpose.
To be apprehensive; be in fear of a future evil.