Apprehended

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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend.
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  • adjective. fully understood or grasped
  • Word Usage
    "But at the moment when no precaution should have been relaxed, a dispatch from the West India directors, who appear to have been misled by advices from London, announced that no danger need be apprehended from the English expedition, as it was sent out by the King only to settle the affairs of his colonies and establish episcopacy, which would rather benefit the company's interests in New Netherlands."
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    apprehend