单词 | apprehender |
释义 | apprehendern. 1. One who lays hold of or seizes; esp. one who seizes or arrests in the name of justice. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] > one who surpriser1584 apprehender1608 captiver1613 captivator1651 captor1688 capturer1820 fanger- society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > one who arrests messenger?1316 arrester1440 attacher1440 rester1440 apprehender1608 1608 G. Chapman Trag. Duke of Byron iv, in Conspiracie Duke of Byron sig. Nv This short sword..which if I haue time, To show my apprehendor, he [etc.]. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 452 How would the..number of Malefactors be greater, than that of Apprehenders? 2. One who lays hold with the senses or mental faculties. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > one who understands understandantc1400 understanderc1430 conceiver1584 comprehender1616 apprehendera1631 fathomer1791 a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. ii. §2 All these proceed from the indisposition and distempred taste of the apprehendor. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 639 Truth is Bigger than our Minds, and we are..rather Apprehenders than Comprehenders thereof. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 177 By ‘beholder’ is meant knower, or apprehender. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608 |
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