Apprehend

Verb

 * 1)  To take or seize; to take hold of.
 * 2) Hence:  To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
 * 3)  To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
 * 4)  To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
 * 5)  To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
 * 6)  To be apprehensive; to fear.

Adverbs for Apprehend
readily; imperfectly; nervously; tremblingly; acutely; undisguisedly; clearly; distinctly; fearfully; vaguely; gnawingly.

Thesaurus
absorb; accept; anticipate; appreciate; arrest; assimilate; be acquainted with; be afraid; be apprised of; be aware of; be cognizant of; be conscious of; be conversant with; be informed; be sensible of; be with one; bode; bust; capture; catch; catch on; cognize; collar; compass; comprehend; conceive; conceptualize; cotton to; croak; detain; dig; digest; discern; divine; dread; experience; eye askance; fathom; fear; feel; follow; forebode; foreknow; forewarn; get; get hold of; get the drift; get the idea; get the picture; grab; grasp; have; have a premonition; have a presentiment; have information about; have it taped; have knowledge of; have qualms; hear; ken; know; learn; look black; lower; make an arrest; make out; master; menace; misgive; nab; net; penetrate; perceive; pick up; pinch; portend; possess; preapprehend; prehend; prevision; pull in; put under arrest; read; realize; recognize; respond; respond to stimuli; run in; savvy; see; seize; seize the meaning; sense; sit upon thorns; smell; stand aghast; take; take captive; take in; take into custody; take prisoner; taste; threaten; touch; tumble to; twig; understand; visualize; warn; wot; wot of

Etymology
From apprehender (French: appréhender), from  apprehendere.

Derived terms

 * misapprehend

Synonyms

 * catch, seize, arrest, detain, capture, conceive, understand, imagine, believe, fear, dread

Translations

 * Bulgarian: хващам, задържам
 * German: fangen


 * Slovene: prijeti
 * Spanish: aprehender, coger, prender, capturar


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * German: festnehmen


 * Russian: арестовать, задержать
 * Slovene: aretirati
 * Spanish: detener


 * Bulgarian: схващам, долавям
 * Dutch: begrijpen, vatten, snappen
 * Finnish: pidättää (2), tajuta (3), ymmärtää (3)
 * French:


 * German:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: aprehender, entender, comprender, captar, percibir


 * Bulgarian: опасявам се
 * French:


 * Slovene: bati se
 * Spanish: temer