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preapprehension|priːæprɪˈhɛnʃən|
[pre- A. 2.]
1. A conception or idea formed beforehand; a preconceived notion.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 93 Such as regarding the clouds, behold them in shapes conformable to preapprehensions. 1677Hale Contempl. ii. 90 The pre-apprehensions and Image that the mind makes to it self of them.
2. A preconceived fear of what may happen; fearful anticipation, foreboding.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 18 The..preapprehension of sickness and death, is an antedating of sickness and death. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. i. App. (1852) 343 Under these pre-apprehensions it was his own endeavor to beware of abating his own first love. 1820J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. II. vi. 308 To see the pre-apprehensions of the protestors so fearfully verified. |