Both Uses of
apprehend
in
Measure for Measure
- A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep; careless, reckless, and fearless, of what's past, present, or to come; insensible of mortality and desperately mortal.
Scene 4.2 *apprehends = fears
- There was a friar told me of this man:— Sirrah, thou art said to have a stubborn soul, That apprehends no further than this world, And squar'st thy life according.†
Scene 5.1 *
Definitions:
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(apprehend as in: apprehend misfortune) fear, or anticipate with worry
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(apprehend as in: apprehend the situation) to understand or perceive (see or become aware of)