apprehendo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- (to, towards, at) + prehendō (lay hold of, seize).

Pronunciation

Verb

apprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum); third conjugation

  1. to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest
    Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, capessō, sūmō, claudō, capio, teneo, inclūdō, possideō, arripiō, obsideo, retineo
  2. to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend
    Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
  3. to embrace, include
    Synonyms: complector, contineō, inclūdō, teneō, amplector
  4. to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain
    Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, capio, occupō, possideō
  5. (Medieval Latin) to learn

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • apprehendo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • apprehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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