All 4 Uses of
apprehend
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Besides, had not the deputy, who had been so kind to him, told him that provided he did not pronounce the dreaded name of Noirtier, he had nothing to apprehend?
Chpt 7-8 (definition 1) *apprehend = feareditor's notes: Today, this meaning of apprehend is commonly seen in the forms apprehensive or apprehension, but it is also seen in this form in classic literature.
- At the sight of this slaughter and devastation I became terrified, not for myself—for I, a simple Corsican fisherman, had nothing to fear; on the contrary, that time was most favorable for us smugglers—but for my brother, a soldier of the empire, returning from the army of the Loire, with his uniform and his epaulets, there was everything to apprehend.
Chpt 43-44 (definition 1)
- If Caderousse had invented the story relative to the diamond, and there existed no such person as the Abbe Busoni, then, indeed, I was lost past redemption, or, at least, my life hung upon the feeble chance of Caderousse himself being apprehended and confessing the whole truth.
Chpt 45-46 (definition 2) *apprehended = arrested
- True, the planks were not so closely adjusted but that a hasty peep might be obtained through their interstices; but the strict decorum and rigid propriety of the inhabitants of the house left no grounds for apprehending that advantage would be taken of that circumstance.
Chpt 51-52 (definition 1)apprehending = worrying
Definitions:
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(1) (apprehend as in: apprehend misfortune) fear, or anticipate with worry
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(2) (apprehend as in: apprehend the criminal) to capture and arrest someone suspected of breaking the law