Definition of apprehend (verb) - to catch; to anticipate; to arrest; to understand; to conceive

Apprehended; Apprehended; Apprehending

Example sentences with this word:

• Roses and orchids are too obviously beautiful, and so they lack this remnant of grace: maybe, if there is any harmony left for us to discover, maybe we shall as soon apprehend it in dog shit or an old man's spittle, sizzling on the grate.

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