apprehend
English
/æ.pɹiˈhɛnd/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To take or seize; to take hold of.
- (transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
- (transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
- (intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
- (intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French apprehender derived from Latin apprehendere root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰed-
Gloss
seize, take, grasp, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
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Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- apprehendable English
- apprehender English
- apprehendest English
- apprehendeth English
- emprise English
- misapprehend English
- misapprehension English
- reprehend English
- -ilis Latin
- apprehendere Latin
- apprehendere, apprehendo Latin
- apprehendo Latin
- apprehensionis, apprehensio Latin
- apprendere Latin
- comprehendere Latin
- comprehendo Latin
- comprehensiō Latin
- hedera Latin
- praeda Latin
- praeda, praedam Latin
- prehendo Latin
- prehensio Latin
- prehensionis, prehensio Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prendere Latin
- reprehensionis, reprehensio Latin
- appris French
- appréhendable French
- appréhender French
- appréhensif French
- жуть Russian
- aprehender Spanish, Castilian
- aprender Spanish, Castilian
- χανδάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bigetaną Proto-Germanic
- *getaną Proto-Germanic
- apprehender Old French
- reprise Old French
- entreprise Middle French
- repris Middle French
- *fragetan gmw-pro
- *gendis Proto-Celtic