apprehend

apprehend has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To take or seize; to take hold of.
• v. t.. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
• v. t.. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
• v. t.. To know or learn with certainty.
• v. t.. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
• v. i.. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
• v. i.. To be apprehensive; to fear.
• v.. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
• v.. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
• v.. anticipate with dread or anxiety