Meanings (ES + gloss)
aprehender • captar • comprender • entender • percibir
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
There are three things in faith that directly tend to make a man depart from iniquity. (1.) It apprehendeth the truth of the being, and greatness of God, and so it aweth the spirit…
[Thomas] Jefferson apprehended the injustice of slavery; but one is inclined to ask how deeply he felt it.
temer
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
The king determined to try once more the experiment of a dissolution [of parliament]. A new parliament was summoned to meet at Oxford, in March, 1681. […] The university was devote…
aprehender • capturar • coger • prender
To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
aprehender • apresar
To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
He soon returned to the Lowlands, and stayed there till he learned that a considerable body of troops had been sent to apprehend him.
Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.
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