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Definition of "apprehend" []
- To take into custody; arrest: apprehended the murderer. (verb-transitive)
- To grasp mentally; understand: a candidate who apprehends the significance of geopolitical issues. (verb-transitive)
- To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive. (verb-transitive)
- To understand something. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "apprehend" in a sentence
- "The central concept I want them to apprehend is the connection between the manner in which God created us, and His will that we participate in the life of the Trinity through grace."
- "[1] I wish, however, to march on solid ground; and the only tender place I as yet apprehend, is contained in that sentence of Robert's letter to you, where he says — 'I took the manuscript of the Farmer's Boy to your"
- "How can we be happy when the most important this we apprehend is left to one side by the prevailing Metaphysics?"
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