"apprehend" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /æpɹiˈhɛnd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-apprehend.wav [Southern-England] Forms: apprehends [present, singular, third-person], apprehending [participle, present], apprehended [participle, past], apprehended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Late Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”), from Old French apprehender (modern French appréhender (“to apprehend; to catch; to dread”)), from Latin apprehendere, adprehendere, the present active infinitive of apprehendō, adprehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure”), from ap-, ad- (prefix meaning ‘to’) + prehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold, seize, take; to find”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}}, {{inh|en|enm|apprehenden|t=to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn}} Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”), {{der|en|fro|apprehender}} Old French apprehender, {{cog|fr|appréhender|t=to apprehend; to catch; to dread}} French appréhender (“to apprehend; to catch; to dread”), {{der|en|la|apprehendere}} Latin apprehendere, {{m|la|adprehendere}} adprehendere, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|apprehendō}} apprehendō, {{m|la|adprehendō|t=to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure}} adprehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure”), {{m|la|ap-}} ap-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|ad-|pos=prefix meaning ‘to’}} ad- (prefix meaning ‘to’), {{m|la|prehendō|t=to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp}} prehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-|t=to hold, seize, take; to find}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold, seize, take; to find”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} apprehend (third-person singular simple present apprehends, present participle apprehending, simple past and past participle apprehended)
  1. (transitive)
    To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-MBZ6i8P7
  2. (transitive)
    To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-in1MsSb9
  3. (transitive)
    To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms: catch, get Translations (to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand): فَهِمَ (fahima) (Arabic), схва́щам (shváštam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), схва́на (shvána) [perfective] (Bulgarian), дола́вям (dolávjam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), доловя́ (dolovjá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), aprehendre (Catalan), 理解 (lǐjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 了解 (liǎojiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 明白 (míngbai, míngbái) (Chinese Mandarin), pochopit [perfective] (Czech), chápat [imperfective] (Czech), porozumět [perfective] (Czech), begrijpen (Dutch), vatten (Dutch), snappen (Dutch), tajuta (Finnish), ymmärtää (Finnish), käsittää (Finnish), appréhender (French), comprendre (French), begreifen (German), verstehen (German), αντιλαμβάνομαι (antilamvánomai) (Greek), felfog (Hungarian), 理解する (rikai suru) (alt: りかいする) (Japanese), 이해하다 (ihaehada) (Korean), 리해하다 (rihaehada) [North-Korea] (Korean), 깨닫다 (kkaedatda) (Korean), entender (Portuguese), понима́ть (ponimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поня́ть (ponjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), जानाति (jānāti) (Sanskrit), pojmiti (Slovene), aprehender (Spanish), entender (Spanish), comprender (Spanish), captar (Spanish), percibir (Spanish), greppa (Swedish), förstå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-3xOb72c0 Disambiguation of 'to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand': 3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0
  4. (transitive)
    To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms: believe, gather, reckon
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-hXDF5pYD
  5. (transitive)
    To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear): опася́вам се (opasjávam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 擔心 (Chinese Mandarin), 担心 (dānxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 憂慮 (Chinese Mandarin), 忧虑 (yōulǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), obávat se [imperfective] (Czech), appréhender (French), φοβάμαι (fovámai) (Greek), 염려하다 (yeomnyeohada) (Korean), 두려워하다 (duryeowohada) (Korean), temer (Portuguese), опаса́ться (opasátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), боя́ться (bojátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), bati se (Slovene), temer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-gc8qlUIi Disambiguation of 'to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear': 1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9
  6. (transitive)
    (archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
    Tags: also, figuratively, transitive Synonyms: catch Translations (to seize or take (something); to take hold of): хва́щам (hváštam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), хва́на (hvána) [perfective] (Bulgarian), задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), задържа́ (zadǎržá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), 逮捕 (dàibǔ, dǎibǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), chytit [perfective] (Czech), uchopit [perfective] (Czech), ottaa kiinni (Finnish), appréhender (French), fangen (German), καταλαμβάνω (katalamváno) (Greek), 붙잡다 (butjapda) (Korean), apreender (Portuguese), chapay (Quechua), хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), prijeti (Slovene), aprehender (Spanish), coger (Spanish), prender (Spanish), capturar (Spanish), gripa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-YgB1QerV Disambiguation of 'to seize or take (something); to take hold of': 0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0
  7. (transitive)
    (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: capture, detain Translations (to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest): арышто́ўваць (aryštóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), арыштава́ць (aryštavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), затры́мліваць (zatrýmlivacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), затрымо́ўваць (zatrymóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), затрыма́ць (zatrymácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), задзе́ржваць (zadzjéržvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), аресту́вам (arestúvam) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), задържа́ (zadǎržá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), 逮捕 (dàibǔ, dǎibǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), zadržet [perfective] (Czech), zajmout [perfective] (Czech), zatknout [perfective] (Czech), dopadnout [perfective] (Czech), chytit (Czech), pidättää (Finnish), appréhender (French), arrêter (French), festnehmen (German), συλλαμβάνω (syllamváno) (Greek), letartóztat (Hungarian), arrestare (Italian), catturare (Italian), 체포하다 (chepohada) (Korean), دستگیر کردن (dast-gir kardan) (Persian), aresztować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), zatrzymywać [imperfective] (Polish), zatrzymać [perfective] (Polish), apreender (Portuguese), deter (Portuguese), prender (Portuguese), capturar (Portuguese), аресто́вывать (arestóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), арестова́ть (arestovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), aretirati (Slovene), detener (Spanish), aprehender (Spanish), gripa (Swedish), арешто́вувати (areštóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), заарешто́вувати (zaareštóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), арештува́ти (areštuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), заарештува́ти (zaareštuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), затри́мати (zatrýmaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-E83F9okC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 5 6 20 5 32 5 3 8 3 3 3 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest': 0 0 3 1 1 18 57 1 0 14 2 2 0
  8. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    To feel (something) emotionally.
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-izlxrLsl
  9. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    To learn (something).
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-kHcfhmGx
  10. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    (also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
    Tags: also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-I08SF4Ij
  11. (intransitive)
    To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-5N~v-6dO
  12. (intransitive)
    To understand.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to understand): aprehendre (Catalan), rozumět [perfective] (Czech), věřit (Czech), appréhender (French), καταλαβαίνω (katalavaíno) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-rKDLQh28 Disambiguation of 'to understand': 6 0 27 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 49 1
  13. (intransitive)
    To be apprehensive; to fear.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to be apprehensive or fearful): appréhender (French), 걱정하다 (geokjeonghada) (Korean), 우려하다 (uryeohada) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-apprehend-en-verb-CC9~F4ny Disambiguation of 'to be apprehensive or fearful': 1 0 5 2 9 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apprehended [adjective], apprehender, apprehending [adjective, noun], apprehendingly, misapprehend Related terms: apprehensibility, apprehensible, apprehensibly, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensively, apprise

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1832, Charles Simeon, “[2 Kings.] The Hypocrisy of Gehazi.”, in Horæ Homilecticæ: Or Discourses (Principally in the Form of Skeletons) Now First Digested into One Continued Series, and Forming a Commentary upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament; […], volume III (Judges to Second Book of Kings), London: Holdsworth and Ball, […], →OCLC, page 500",
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          "ref": "1569, [Reginald] Pole, chapter IIII, in [Thomas Copley?], transl., A Treatie of Iustification. […], Leuven: […] Ioannem Foulerum, →OCLC, 2nd book (Declaring the Second Danger), folio 41",
          "text": "If to apprehend Chriſte be vnderſtanded, to dvvell in Chriſte, and to haue him dvvell in vs, it is not true that Chriſte is apprehended in that ſorte, by onely faith vvithout charitie. […] He apprehendeth Chriſte truely, that cleaueth vnto Chriſt, and the glue vvhereby the ſovvle is fastned vnto Chriſte, ſaith S. Auguſtine, is charitie: […]",
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          "ref": "1922, Carl Becker, “The Literary Qualities of the Declaration”, in The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 221",
          "text": "[Thomas] Jefferson apprehended the injustice of slavery; but one is inclined to ask how deeply he felt it.",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "fahima",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "فَهِمَ"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "shváštam",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "схва́щам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "shvána",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "dolávjam",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "дола́вям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dolovjá",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "доловя́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "aprehendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǐjiě",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "理解"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liǎojiě",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "了解"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "míngbai, míngbái",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "明白"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pochopit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "chápat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "porozumět"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "begrijpen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "vatten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "snappen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "tajuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "ymmärtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "käsittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "appréhender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "comprendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "begreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "verstehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antilamvánomai",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "αντιλαμβάνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "felfog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "alt": "りかいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rikai suru",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "理解する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ihaehada",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "이해하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rihaehada",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "리해하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kkaedatda",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "깨닫다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "entender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ponimátʹ",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "понима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ponjátʹ",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "jānāti",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "जानाति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "pojmiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "aprehender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "entender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "comprender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "captar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "percibir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "greppa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 36 2 2 23 8 2 1 5 3 15 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
          "word": "förstå"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard."
      ],
      "id": "en-apprehend-en-verb-hXDF5pYD",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "conception",
          "conception"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "regard",
          "regard#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "believe"
        },
        {
          "word": "gather"
        },
        {
          "word": "reckon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear."
      ],
      "id": "en-apprehend-en-verb-gc8qlUIi",
      "links": [
        [
          "anticipate",
          "anticipate"
        ],
        [
          "unpleasant",
          "unpleasant"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "opasjávam se",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опася́вам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "擔心"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dānxīn",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "担心"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "憂慮"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōulǜ",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "忧虑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obávat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "appréhender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fovámai",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "φοβάμαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeomnyeohada",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "염려하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "duryeowohada",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "두려워하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "temer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opasátʹsja",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опаса́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bojátʹsja",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "боя́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "bati se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 6 3 60 1 5 3 1 3 2 5 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
          "word": "temer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize or take (something); to take hold of."
      ],
      "id": "en-apprehend-en-verb-YgB1QerV",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic or obsolete",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "catch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hváštam",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "хва́щам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hvána",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "хва́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zadǎ́ržam",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "задъ́ржам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zadǎržá",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задържа́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàibǔ, dǎibǔ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "逮捕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "chytit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uchopit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "ottaa kiinni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "appréhender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "fangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katalamváno",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "καταλαμβάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "butjapda",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "붙잡다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "apreender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "chapay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xvatátʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "хвата́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "схвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заде́рживать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задержа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "prijeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "aprehender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "coger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "prender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "capturar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 14 0 0 59 14 0 0 9 1 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
          "word": "gripa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "затры́мліваць"
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "задържа́"
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          "word": "逮捕"
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        {
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          "lang": "Czech",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "zadržet"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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        {
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        {
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          "word": "chytit"
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          "word": "pidättää"
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          "word": "appréhender"
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        {
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "festnehmen"
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "συλλαμβάνω"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "letartóztat"
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        {
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "arrestare"
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          "word": "catturare"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "chepohada",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "체포하다"
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "دستگیر کردن"
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aresztować"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "apreender"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "deter"
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        {
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "prender"
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        {
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "capturar"
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        {
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          "roman": "arestóvyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "аресто́вывать"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "арестова́ть"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заде́рживать"
        },
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          "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задержа́ть"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "aretirati"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "detener"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "aprehender"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "word": "gripa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "areštóvuvaty",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "арешто́вувати"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "zaareštóvuvaty",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "заарешто́вувати"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "areštuváty",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "арештува́ти"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaareštuváty",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "заарештува́ти"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zatrýmuvaty",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "затри́мувати"
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        {
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zatrýmaty",
          "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
          "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
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        {
          "ref": "1810, John Gillies, “the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon”, in The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; with Devotional Reflections, […], new edition, volume II, London: […] Richard Edwards, […], →OCLC, section I, page 397",
          "text": "Thou [Jesus] followedst this poor slave [Onesimus] to Rome. Thou broughtest him under the ministry of thy servant Paul. Thou apprehendedst him by thy grace, and hadst greater joy in his conversion, than Paul had.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To take possession of (something); to seize."
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        "(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize."
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        "To understand."
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          "sense": "to understand",
          "word": "aprehendre"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to understand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozumět"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 0 27 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 49 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to understand",
          "word": "věřit"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to understand",
          "word": "appréhender"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "katalavaíno",
          "sense": "to understand",
          "word": "καταλαβαίνω"
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          "ref": "c. 1700, Jean de La Bruyère, “No. CLXXXVI”, in Nicholas Rowe, transl., edited by [John Timbs], Laconics; or, The Best Words of the Best Authors. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Mathew] Carey, [Isaac] Lea & [Henry Charles] Carey […], published 1829, →OCLC, page 38",
          "text": "Death never happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives. It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To be apprehensive; to fear."
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        "To be apprehensive; to fear."
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be apprehensive or fearful",
          "word": "appréhender"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geokjeonghada",
          "sense": "to be apprehensive or fearful",
          "word": "걱정하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 5 2 9 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 70",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "uryeohada",
          "sense": "to be apprehensive or fearful",
          "word": "우려하다"
        }
      ]
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}
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "apprehenden",
        "t": "to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "apprehender"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French apprehender",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "appréhender",
        "t": "to apprehend; to catch; to dread"
      },
      "expansion": "French appréhender (“to apprehend; to catch; to dread”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "apprehendere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin apprehendere",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "adprehendere"
      },
      "expansion": "adprehendere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "present"
      },
      "expansion": "present",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "active"
      },
      "expansion": "active",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "infinitive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "apprehendō"
      },
      "expansion": "apprehendō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "adprehendō",
        "t": "to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure"
      },
      "expansion": "adprehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ap-"
      },
      "expansion": "ap-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "prefix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ad-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘to’"
      },
      "expansion": "ad- (prefix meaning ‘to’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prehendō",
        "t": "to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp"
      },
      "expansion": "prehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰed-",
        "t": "to hold, seize, take; to find"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold, seize, take; to find”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”), from Old French apprehender (modern French appréhender (“to apprehend; to catch; to dread”)), from Latin apprehendere, adprehendere, the present active infinitive of apprehendō, adprehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure”), from ap-, ad- (prefix meaning ‘to’) + prehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold, seize, take; to find”)).",
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    {
      "form": "apprehends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apprehending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apprehended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apprehended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ap‧pre‧hend"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "apprehensibility"
    },
    {
      "word": "apprehensible"
    },
    {
      "word": "apprehensibly"
    },
    {
      "word": "apprehension"
    },
    {
      "word": "apprehensive"
    },
    {
      "word": "apprehensively"
    },
    {
      "word": "apprise"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1832, Charles Simeon, “[2 Kings.] The Hypocrisy of Gehazi.”, in Horæ Homilecticæ: Or Discourses (Principally in the Form of Skeletons) Now First Digested into One Continued Series, and Forming a Commentary upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament; […], volume III (Judges to Second Book of Kings), London: Holdsworth and Ball, […], →OCLC, page 500",
          "text": "From thy composure on the occasion it was evident, that thou expectedst to reap the fruit of thine iniquity in peace; and that, when thou repliedst, \"All is well,\" thou apprehendedst no evil. But didst thou forget that God saw thee?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be or become aware of (something); to perceive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "aware",
          "aware"
        ],
        [
          "perceive",
          "perceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To be or become aware of (something); to perceive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
        ],
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "recognize",
          "recognize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1569, [Reginald] Pole, chapter IIII, in [Thomas Copley?], transl., A Treatie of Iustification. […], Leuven: […] Ioannem Foulerum, →OCLC, 2nd book (Declaring the Second Danger), folio 41",
          "text": "If to apprehend Chriſte be vnderſtanded, to dvvell in Chriſte, and to haue him dvvell in vs, it is not true that Chriſte is apprehended in that ſorte, by onely faith vvithout charitie. […] He apprehendeth Chriſte truely, that cleaueth vnto Chriſt, and the glue vvhereby the ſovvle is fastned vnto Chriſte, ſaith S. Auguſtine, is charitie: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Carl Becker, “The Literary Qualities of the Declaration”, in The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 221",
          "text": "[Thomas] Jefferson apprehended the injustice of slavery; but one is inclined to ask how deeply he felt it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take hold",
          "take hold"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "conceive",
          "conceive"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cognizant",
          "cognizant"
        ],
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "catch"
        },
        {
          "word": "get"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "conception",
          "conception"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "regard",
          "regard#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "believe"
        },
        {
          "word": "gather"
        },
        {
          "word": "reckon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anticipate",
          "anticipate"
        ],
        [
          "unpleasant",
          "unpleasant"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "dread",
          "dread#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize or take (something); to take hold of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic or obsolete",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "catch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law enforcement"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "capture"
        },
        {
          "word": "detain"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To feel (something) emotionally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feel",
          "feel#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "emotionally",
          "emotionally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To feel (something) emotionally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To learn (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To learn (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1810, John Gillies, “the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon”, in The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; with Devotional Reflections, […], new edition, volume II, London: […] Richard Edwards, […], →OCLC, section I, page 397",
          "text": "Thou [Jesus] followedst this poor slave [Onesimus] to Rome. Thou broughtest him under the ministry of thy servant Paul. Thou apprehendedst him by thy grace, and hadst greater joy in his conversion, than Paul had.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take possession of (something); to seize."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ],
        [
          "think",
          "think#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To understand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1700, Jean de La Bruyère, “No. CLXXXVI”, in Nicholas Rowe, transl., edited by [John Timbs], Laconics; or, The Best Words of the Best Authors. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Mathew] Carey, [Isaac] Lea & [Henry Charles] Carey […], published 1829, →OCLC, page 38",
          "text": "Death never happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives. It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be apprehensive; to fear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apprehensive",
          "apprehensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To be apprehensive; to fear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æpɹiˈhɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fahima",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "فَهِمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "shváštam",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "схва́щам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "shvána",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схва́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dolávjam",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дола́вям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dolovjá",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "доловя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "aprehendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐjiě",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "理解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liǎojiě",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "了解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngbai, míngbái",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "明白"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pochopit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chápat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "porozumět"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "begrijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "vatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "snappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "tajuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "ymmärtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "käsittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "appréhender"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "comprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "begreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "verstehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antilamvánomai",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "αντιλαμβάνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "felfog"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rikai suru",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "理解する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ihaehada",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "이해하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rihaehada",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "리해하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkaedatda",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "깨닫다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "entender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponimátʹ",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "понима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponjátʹ",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "jānāti",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "जानाति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "pojmiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "aprehender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "entender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "comprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "captar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "percibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "greppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand",
      "word": "förstå"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hváštam",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хва́щам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvána",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "хва́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎ́ržam",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задъ́ржам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎržá",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задържа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàibǔ, dǎibǔ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "逮捕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "chytit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uchopit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "ottaa kiinni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "appréhender"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "fangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katalamváno",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "καταλαμβάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "butjapda",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "붙잡다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "apreender"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "chapay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xvatátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хвата́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "prijeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "aprehender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "coger"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "prender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "capturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (something); to take hold of",
      "word": "gripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opasjávam se",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опася́вам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "擔心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dānxīn",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "担心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "憂慮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōulǜ",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "忧虑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obávat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "appréhender"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fovámai",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "φοβάμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeomnyeohada",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "염려하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "duryeowohada",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "두려워하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "temer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opasátʹsja",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опаса́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojátʹsja",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "боя́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "bati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear",
      "word": "temer"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aryštóŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "арышто́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aryštavácʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "арыштава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatrýmlivacʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затры́мліваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatrymóŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затрымо́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatrymácʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "затрыма́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zadzjéržvacʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задзе́ржваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "arestúvam",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "аресту́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎ́ržam",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задъ́ржам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadǎržá",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задържа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàibǔ, dǎibǔ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "逮捕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadržet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zajmout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatknout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dopadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "chytit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "pidättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "appréhender"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "arrêter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "festnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syllamváno",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "συλλαμβάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "letartóztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "arrestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "catturare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chepohada",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "체포하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dast-gir kardan",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "دستگیر کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "aresztować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatrzymywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatrzymać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "apreender"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "deter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "prender"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "capturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arestóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "аресто́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arestovátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "арестова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaderžátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "aretirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "detener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "aprehender"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "word": "gripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "areštóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "арешто́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaareštóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заарешто́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "areštuváty",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "арештува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaareštuváty",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заарештува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatrýmuvaty",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затри́мувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatrýmaty",
      "sense": "to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "затри́мати"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "aprehendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozumět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "věřit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "appréhender"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katalavaíno",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "καταλαβαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be apprehensive or fearful",
      "word": "appréhender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geokjeonghada",
      "sense": "to be apprehensive or fearful",
      "word": "걱정하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uryeohada",
      "sense": "to be apprehensive or fearful",
      "word": "우려하다"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Richard Chenevix Trench"
  ],
  "word": "apprehend"
}

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