Definitions for apprehended



Overview of verb apprehend

The verb apprehend has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend

(get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?")

2. (1) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop

(take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals")

3. apprehend, quail at

(anticipate with dread or anxiety)


Overview of adj apprehended

The adj apprehended has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. appreciated, apprehended, comprehended

(fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known")

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