Both Uses of
apprehend
in
The Scarlet Letter
- We have had, and may still have, worse things to tell of him; but none, we apprehend, so pitiably weak; no evidence, at once so slight and irrefragable, of a subtle disease that had long since begun to eat into the real substance of his character.†
Chpt 20
- The people look for great things from you, apprehending that another year may come about and find their pastor gone.†
Chpt 20 *
Definition:
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(apprehend as in: apprehend the situation) to understand or perceive (see or become aware of)