apprehendv.

/aprɪˈhɛnd/

Etymology: < French appréhende-r (15th cent. in Godefroy), < Latin apprehendĕre , adprehendĕre to lay hold of, seize, < ad to + prehendĕre to seize. In the contracted form apprendĕre , the word survived in the Romance languages in the figurative sense ‘lay hold with the mind, comprehend, learn,’ whence also later ‘teach, inform’: compare French apprendre , and English apprise v.¹ Subsequently, the full apprehendĕre was taken into French and English in its original form and sense. apprend v. is occasionally in 16–17th cent.

I. Physical.

†1.

a. To lay hold upon, seize, with hands, teeth, etc. Also said of fire, and figuratively of trembling, fear, etc. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid of [verb (transitive)] > (of fear) seize

apprehend1572

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp

i-fangc888

gripc950

repeOE

befongOE

keepc1000

latchc1000

hentOE

begripec1175

becatchc1200

fang?c1200

i-gripea1225

warpa1225

fastenc1225

arepa1250

to set (one's) hand(s onc1290

kip1297

cleach?a1300

hendc1300

fasta1325

reachc1330

seizec1374

beclipc1380

takea1387

span1398

to seize on or upon1399

getc1440

handc1460

to catch hold1520

to take hold1530

to lay hold (up)on, of1535

grasple1553

to have by the backa1555

handfast1562

apprehend1572

grapple1582

to clap hold of1583

comprehend1584

graspa1586

attach1590

gripple1591

engrasp1593

clum1594

to seize of1600

begriple1607

fast hold1611

impalm1611

fista1616

to set (one's) hand to1638

to get one's hands on1649

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 5 A great quakyng and tremblyng dyd apprehende hys hande.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 156 His dogs..apprehending the garments of passengers.

1613 Life William I in Harl. Misc. (1793) 28 A fire began..which apprehending certain shops and warehouses, etc.

c1643 Maximes Unf. 8 Fury and affrightment apprehend the desperate.

1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 63 A lame hand that cannot apprehend.

1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 122 While those two lips his brow did apprehend.

†b. transferred. To seize upon, take down, in writing. figurative. To seize upon (points of a subject). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing

adighteOE

to set on writea900

dightc1000

writeOE

brevea1225

layc1330

indite1340

take1418

annote1449

printa1450

scribe1465

redact?a1475

reduce1485

letter1504

recite1523

to commit to writing (also paper)1529

pen1530

reduce?1533

token up1535

scripture1540

titulea1550

to set down1562

quote1573

to put down1574

paper1594

to write down1594

apprehend1611

fix1630

exarate1656

depose1668

put1910

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Nn5^v I apprehended it [sc. an epitaph] with my pen while the Preacher was in his pulpit.

1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 24 in Blacke Devill I will onely apprehend so much, as may serue to exemplifie this dangerous world.

2. To seize (a person) in name of law, to arrest.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)]

at-holda1230

attacha1325

resta1325

takec1330

arrest1393

restay?a1400

tachec1400

seisinc1425

to take upa1438

stowc1450

seize1471

to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515

deprehend1532

apprehend1548

nipa1566

upsnatcha1566

finger1572

to make stay of1572

embarge1585

cap1590

reprehend1598

prehenda1605

embar1647

nap1665

nab1686

bone1699

roast1699

do1784

touch1785

pinch1789

to pull up1799

grab1800

nick1806

pull1811

hobble1819

nail1823

nipper1823

bag1824

lag1847

tap1859

snaffle1860

to put the collar on1865

copper1872

to take in1878

lumber1882

to pick up1887

to pull in1893

lift1923

drag1924

to knock off1926

to put the sleeve on1930

bust1940

pop1960

vamp1970

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John vii. 1 (R.) To fynde sum occasion..to attache and apprehende him.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 44 Paul..going like a Pursivant..to Damascus, to apprehend the Saints there.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 287 A justice of the peace cannot issue a warrant to apprehend a felon upon bare suspicion.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 328 Troops had been sent to apprehend him.

†3. To seize upon for one's own, take possession of. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate

ownOE

rimec1275

takec1300

appropre1366

to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385

to get awayc1480

proper1496

apprehenda1522

impropry1526

impropriate1567

carve1578

forestall1581

appropriate1583

propriate1587

pocket1597

impatronize1611

propertya1616

asself1632

appropriatea1634

swallow1637

to swallow up1654

sink1699

poucha1774

spheterize1779

sack1807

fob1818

to look back to1822

mop1861

annex1865

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. vii. 70 Ellis quhar..forto wend, Thar duellyng place for ay to apprehend.

1611 Bible (King James) Phil. iii. 12 If that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Iesus.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 21 That Vacancies are his who apprehend's them first by occupation.

†4. To seize or embrace (an offer or opportunity).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > give opportunity for [verb (transitive)] > take (opportunity)

catchc1425

to take‥vantage (of)1573

apprehend1586

to take odds of1596

to catch at ——1610

feea1616

seize1618

nick1634

to jump at1769

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 805 If we apprehend not that great grace and mercy of the father offered to all.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §5 If he apprehend not, an opportunity to escape.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 56 His faith, whereby he did firmely apprehend the..aid of his eternall Father.

II. Mental.

†5. gen. To learn, gain practical acquaintance with. Also absol. (The earliest use in English; cf. French apprendre.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)]

learnc900

undernimc1000

lerec1220

knowc1390

apprehenda1398

geta1400

learna1400

to take forth1530

to take out1550

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. ii. 61 He..holdeth in mynde..withoute forȜeting alle þat he apprehendith.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xiii. sig. ciij Therby they prouoke many men to apprehende vertue.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 204 Children..Improve their nat'ral Talents without Care, And apprehend, before they are aware.

6. To become or be conscious by the senses of (any external impression).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)]

markc1175

note?c1225

heedc1275

apperceivec1300

spyc1380

notec1390

notac1392

registera1393

considerc1400

notifya1425

animadvert?a1475

mind1490

adnote1558

observe1560

quote1560

remark1581

to take note1600

apprehenda1634

to take cognizance of1635

animadverse1642

notice1660

to pass in review1697

smoke1716

cognize1821

spot1848

looky1900

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 60 When this Light shone in darkenesse, and our darkenesse, though it apprehended, yet it comprehended it not.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiv. 212 That caused Agar supernaturally to apprehend a voice from heaven.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. i. 369 If I see..two candle flames, I apprehend them as different objects.

†7. To feel emotionally, be sensible of, feel the force of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [verb (transitive)]

fredec888

feelOE

apprehend1592

sense1872

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I The..soules of them that haue no power to apprehend such felicitie.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. i. sig. D2^v Dead. Lord! how deepely Sir you apprehend it.

1670 I. Walton Life R. Hooker 29 in Lives That [kindness] was so gratefully apprehended by M. Hooker.

8. To lay hold of with the intellect:

a. to perceive the existence of, recognize, see.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive [verb (transitive)]

acknowOE

keepc1000

feelOE

findOE

seeOE

yknowc1275

apperceivec1300

descrivec1300

knowc1300

perceivec1330

taste1340

tellc1390

catcha1398

scenta1398

devisea1400

kena1400

concernc1425

descrya1450

henta1450

apprehend1577

scerne1590

to take in1637

discreevec1650

recognize1795

absorb1840

embrace1852

cognizea1856

cognosce1874

1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 5 Who so doth not understand or apprehend this righteousness in afflictions and terrors of conscience.

1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. A2 There is not halfe that worth in Mee, Which I haue apprehended in a Bee.

1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 184 We shall apprehend reason to conclude, that..they were not so very young.

1872 R. Browning Fifine lxxi. 7 Each man..avails him of what worth He apprehends in you.

b. to catch the meaning or idea of; to understand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)]

yknoweOE

acknowOE

anyeteOE

latchc1000

undernimc1000

understandc1000

underyetec1000

afindOE

knowOE

seeOE

onfangc1175

takec1175

underfindc1200

underfonga1300

undertakea1300

kenc1330

gripea1340

comprehend1340

comprendc1374

espyc1374

perceivea1387

to take for ——?1387

catcha1398

conceivea1398

intenda1400

overtakea1400

tenda1400

havec1405

henta1450

comprise1477

skilla1500

brook1548

apprend1567

compass1576

perstanda1577

endue1590

sound1592

engrasp1593

in1603

fathom1611

resent1614

receivea1616

to take up1617

apprehend1631

to take in1646

grasp1680

understumblec1681

forstand1682

savvy1686

overstand1699

uptake1726

nouse1779

twig1815

undercumstand1824

absorb1840

sense1844

undercumstumble1854

seize1855

intelligize1865

dig1935

1631 T. Heywood Londons Ius Honorarium 279 As soone known as showne, and apprehended as read.

1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. i. xiii. 87 This is all so plain, that I can't but apprehend it.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 463 The nature of the long contest between the Stuarts and their parliaments, was indeed very imperfectly apprehended by foreign statesmen.

1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. ii. 24 To apprehend distinctly the signification of a number, two things are necessary.

c. absol. or with subordinate clause.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 73 Cosin you apprehend passing shrewdly.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 92 Periander..immediately apprehended that he advised him to put the most eminent in the City to death.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 532. ⁋2 I cannot apprehend where lyes the trifling in all this.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers i. i No one can explain by a Logical Definition what it is to think, to apprehend.

a. To understand (a thing to be so and so); to conceive, consider, view, take (it) as.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)]

ween971

holda1300

believec1325

judgec1325

feelc1380

supposea1387

conceivea1425

take1429

opinea1475

thinkc1480

supponea1500

esteem1507

opinion1555

intend?1577

meditate1585

opinionate1599

opiniate1624

arbitrate1637

apprehend1639

state1671

calculate1805

consider1830

fink1888

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ix. 183 They apprehended it a great courtesie done unto them.

1736 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 100 I apprehended myself to be near death.

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 393 The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.

b. absol. or with subordinate clause.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of

conceive1340

grope1390

tellc1390

catchc1475

reacha1500

make1531

to make sense of1574

to make outa1625

apprehend1631

realize1742

finda1834

reify1854

recognize1879

to get (something) straight1920

to pick up1946

to work out1953

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iv. 8 in Wks. II If hee apprehend you flout him, once, he will flie at you.

1775 J. Lyon in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 101 I apprehend that secrecy is as necessary now as ever it was.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe iv. vi. 462 In general, I apprehend, the later French critics, have given the preference to Racine.

10. To anticipate, look forward to, expect (mostly things adverse).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > with apprehension

dreada1225

doubt1509

suspect1509

fear1600

apprehenda1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 144 A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully, but as a drunken sleepe.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iii. 168 A triumphant Question, to which he had apprehended no Answer.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand ii. 11 Love had taught her with unerring accuracy to apprehend the evil which impended.

11. To anticipate with fear or dread; to be fearful concerning; to fear.

a. with object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (transitive)]

mishopea1250

misforgivea1425

suspect1509

misgivea1535

mistrust1535

to have one's heart in one's mouth1548

misdread1566

fear1600

apprehend1609

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 71 O let my Lady apprehend no feare.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §54 Which makes me much apprehend the ends of those honest Worthies.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 53 He apprehends every breath of air as much as if it were a Hurricane.

1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley xiii. 125 No one..could think..that any further violence was to be apprehended.

b. with subordinate clause. To be apprehensive, to fear.

ΚΠ

1753 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 210 I don't apprehend that even the Bath could hurt her.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 193 I sometimes apprehend that our institutions may perish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	apprehend
释义	apprehendv. /aprɪˈhɛnd/ Etymology: < French appréhende-r (15th cent. in Godefroy), < Latin apprehendĕre , adprehendĕre to lay hold of, seize, < ad to + prehendĕre to seize. In the contracted form apprendĕre , the word survived in the Romance languages in the figurative sense ‘lay hold with the mind, comprehend, learn,’ whence also later ‘teach, inform’: compare French apprendre , and English apprise v.¹ Subsequently, the full apprehendĕre was taken into French and English in its original form and sense. apprend v. is occasionally in 16–17th cent. I. Physical. †1. a. To lay hold upon, seize, with hands, teeth, etc. Also said of fire, and figuratively of trembling, fear, etc. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid of [verb (transitive)] > (of fear) seize apprehend1572 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp i-fangc888 gripc950 repeOE befongOE keepc1000 latchc1000 hentOE begripec1175 becatchc1200 fang?c1200 i-gripea1225 warpa1225 fastenc1225 arepa1250 to set (one's) hand(s onc1290 kip1297 cleach?a1300 hendc1300 fasta1325 reachc1330 seizec1374 beclipc1380 takea1387 span1398 to seize on or upon1399 getc1440 handc1460 to catch hold1520 to take hold1530 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 grasple1553 to have by the backa1555 handfast1562 apprehend1572 grapple1582 to clap hold of1583 comprehend1584 graspa1586 attach1590 gripple1591 engrasp1593 clum1594 to seize of1600 begriple1607 fast hold1611 impalm1611 fista1616 to set (one's) hand to1638 to get one's hands on1649 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 5 A great quakyng and tremblyng dyd apprehende hys hande. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 156 His dogs..apprehending the garments of passengers. 1613 Life William I in Harl. Misc. (1793) 28 A fire began..which apprehending certain shops and warehouses, etc. c1643 Maximes Unf. 8 Fury and affrightment apprehend the desperate. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 63 A lame hand that cannot apprehend. 1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 122 While those two lips his brow did apprehend. †b. transferred. To seize upon, take down, in writing. figurative. To seize upon (points of a subject). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing adighteOE to set on writea900 dightc1000 writeOE brevea1225 layc1330 indite1340 take1418 annote1449 printa1450 scribe1465 redact?a1475 reduce1485 letter1504 recite1523 to commit to writing (also paper)1529 pen1530 reduce?1533 token up1535 scripture1540 titulea1550 to set down1562 quote1573 to put down1574 paper1594 to write down1594 apprehend1611 fix1630 exarate1656 depose1668 put1910 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Nn5^v I apprehended it [sc. an epitaph] with my pen while the Preacher was in his pulpit. 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 24 in Blacke Devill I will onely apprehend so much, as may serue to exemplifie this dangerous world. 2. To seize (a person) in name of law, to arrest. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] at-holda1230 attacha1325 resta1325 takec1330 arrest1393 restay?a1400 tachec1400 seisinc1425 to take upa1438 stowc1450 seize1471 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 deprehend1532 apprehend1548 nipa1566 upsnatcha1566 finger1572 to make stay of1572 embarge1585 cap1590 reprehend1598 prehenda1605 embar1647 nap1665 nab1686 bone1699 roast1699 do1784 touch1785 pinch1789 to pull up1799 grab1800 nick1806 pull1811 hobble1819 nail1823 nipper1823 bag1824 lag1847 tap1859 snaffle1860 to put the collar on1865 copper1872 to take in1878 lumber1882 to pick up1887 to pull in1893 lift1923 drag1924 to knock off1926 to put the sleeve on1930 bust1940 pop1960 vamp1970 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John vii. 1 (R.) To fynde sum occasion..to attache and apprehende him. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 44 Paul..going like a Pursivant..to Damascus, to apprehend the Saints there. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 287 A justice of the peace cannot issue a warrant to apprehend a felon upon bare suspicion. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 328 Troops had been sent to apprehend him. †3. To seize upon for one's own, take possession of. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate ownOE rimec1275 takec1300 appropre1366 to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385 to get awayc1480 proper1496 apprehenda1522 impropry1526 impropriate1567 carve1578 forestall1581 appropriate1583 propriate1587 pocket1597 impatronize1611 propertya1616 asself1632 appropriatea1634 swallow1637 to swallow up1654 sink1699 poucha1774 spheterize1779 sack1807 fob1818 to look back to1822 mop1861 annex1865 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. vii. 70 Ellis quhar..forto wend, Thar duellyng place for ay to apprehend. 1611 Bible (King James) Phil. iii. 12 If that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Iesus. View more context for this quotation 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 21 That Vacancies are his who apprehend's them first by occupation. †4. To seize or embrace (an offer or opportunity). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > give opportunity for [verb (transitive)] > take (opportunity) catchc1425 to take‥vantage (of)1573 apprehend1586 to take odds of1596 to catch at ——1610 feea1616 seize1618 nick1634 to jump at1769 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 805 If we apprehend not that great grace and mercy of the father offered to all. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §5 If he apprehend not, an opportunity to escape. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 56 His faith, whereby he did firmely apprehend the..aid of his eternall Father. II. Mental. †5. gen. To learn, gain practical acquaintance with. Also absol. (The earliest use in English; cf. French apprendre.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] learnc900 undernimc1000 lerec1220 knowc1390 apprehenda1398 geta1400 learna1400 to take forth1530 to take out1550 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. ii. 61 He..holdeth in mynde..withoute forȜeting alle þat he apprehendith. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xiii. sig. ciij Therby they prouoke many men to apprehende vertue. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 204 Children..Improve their nat'ral Talents without Care, And apprehend, before they are aware. 6. To become or be conscious by the senses of (any external impression). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] markc1175 note?c1225 heedc1275 apperceivec1300 spyc1380 notec1390 notac1392 registera1393 considerc1400 notifya1425 animadvert?a1475 mind1490 adnote1558 observe1560 quote1560 remark1581 to take note1600 apprehenda1634 to take cognizance of1635 animadverse1642 notice1660 to pass in review1697 smoke1716 cognize1821 spot1848 looky1900 a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 60 When this Light shone in darkenesse, and our darkenesse, though it apprehended, yet it comprehended it not. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiv. 212 That caused Agar supernaturally to apprehend a voice from heaven. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. i. 369 If I see..two candle flames, I apprehend them as different objects. †7. To feel emotionally, be sensible of, feel the force of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [verb (transitive)] fredec888 feelOE apprehend1592 sense1872 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I The..soules of them that haue no power to apprehend such felicitie. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. i. sig. D2^v Dead. Lord! how deepely Sir you apprehend it. View more context for this quotation 1670 I. Walton Life R. Hooker 29 in Lives That [kindness] was so gratefully apprehended by M. Hooker. 8. To lay hold of with the intellect: a. to perceive the existence of, recognize, see. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive [verb (transitive)] acknowOE keepc1000 feelOE findOE seeOE yknowc1275 apperceivec1300 descrivec1300 knowc1300 perceivec1330 taste1340 tellc1390 catcha1398 scenta1398 devisea1400 kena1400 concernc1425 descrya1450 henta1450 apprehend1577 scerne1590 to take in1637 discreevec1650 recognize1795 absorb1840 embrace1852 cognizea1856 cognosce1874 1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 5 Who so doth not understand or apprehend this righteousness in afflictions and terrors of conscience. 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. A2 There is not halfe that worth in Mee, Which I haue apprehended in a Bee. 1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 184 We shall apprehend reason to conclude, that..they were not so very young. 1872 R. Browning Fifine lxxi. 7 Each man..avails him of what worth He apprehends in you. b. to catch the meaning or idea of; to understand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] yknoweOE acknowOE anyeteOE latchc1000 undernimc1000 understandc1000 underyetec1000 afindOE knowOE seeOE onfangc1175 takec1175 underfindc1200 underfonga1300 undertakea1300 kenc1330 gripea1340 comprehend1340 comprendc1374 espyc1374 perceivea1387 to take for ——?1387 catcha1398 conceivea1398 intenda1400 overtakea1400 tenda1400 havec1405 henta1450 comprise1477 skilla1500 brook1548 apprend1567 compass1576 perstanda1577 endue1590 sound1592 engrasp1593 in1603 fathom1611 resent1614 receivea1616 to take up1617 apprehend1631 to take in1646 grasp1680 understumblec1681 forstand1682 savvy1686 overstand1699 uptake1726 nouse1779 twig1815 undercumstand1824 absorb1840 sense1844 undercumstumble1854 seize1855 intelligize1865 dig1935 read1956 1631 T. Heywood Londons Ius Honorarium 279 As soone known as showne, and apprehended as read. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. i. xiii. 87 This is all so plain, that I can't but apprehend it. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 463 The nature of the long contest between the Stuarts and their parliaments, was indeed very imperfectly apprehended by foreign statesmen. 1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. ii. 24 To apprehend distinctly the signification of a number, two things are necessary. c. absol. or with subordinate clause. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 73 Cosin you apprehend passing shrewdly. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 92 Periander..immediately apprehended that he advised him to put the most eminent in the City to death. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 532. ⁋2 I cannot apprehend where lyes the trifling in all this. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers i. i No one can explain by a Logical Definition what it is to think, to apprehend. 9. a. To understand (a thing to be so and so); to conceive, consider, view, take (it) as. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] ween971 holda1300 believec1325 judgec1325 feelc1380 supposea1387 conceivea1425 take1429 opinea1475 thinkc1480 supponea1500 esteem1507 opinion1555 intend?1577 meditate1585 opinionate1599 opiniate1624 arbitrate1637 apprehend1639 state1671 calculate1805 consider1830 fink1888 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ix. 183 They apprehended it a great courtesie done unto them. 1736 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 100 I apprehended myself to be near death. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 393 The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. b. absol. or with subordinate clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of conceive1340 grope1390 tellc1390 catchc1475 reacha1500 make1531 to make sense of1574 to make outa1625 apprehend1631 realize1742 finda1834 reify1854 recognize1879 to get (something) straight1920 to pick up1946 to work out1953 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iv. 8 in Wks. II If hee apprehend you flout him, once, he will flie at you. 1775 J. Lyon in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 101 I apprehend that secrecy is as necessary now as ever it was. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe iv. vi. 462 In general, I apprehend, the later French critics, have given the preference to Racine. 10. To anticipate, look forward to, expect (mostly things adverse). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > with apprehension dreada1225 doubt1509 suspect1509 fear1600 apprehenda1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 144 A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully, but as a drunken sleepe. View more context for this quotation 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iii. 168 A triumphant Question, to which he had apprehended no Answer. View more context for this quotation 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand ii. 11 Love had taught her with unerring accuracy to apprehend the evil which impended. 11. To anticipate with fear or dread; to be fearful concerning; to fear. a. with object. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (transitive)] mishopea1250 misforgivea1425 suspect1509 misgivea1535 mistrust1535 to have one's heart in one's mouth1548 misdread1566 fear1600 apprehend1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 71 O let my Lady apprehend no feare. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §54 Which makes me much apprehend the ends of those honest Worthies. View more context for this quotation 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 53 He apprehends every breath of air as much as if it were a Hurricane. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley xiii. 125 No one..could think..that any further violence was to be apprehended. b. with subordinate clause. To be apprehensive, to fear. ΚΠ 1753 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 210 I don't apprehend that even the Bath could hurt her. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 193 I sometimes apprehend that our institutions may perish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1398
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