This old version has not been updated since 2016,
but we're leaving it in case you prefer it.
Show What's New
Please update your links from the new version.
unspecified meaning
- "He is not to be apprehended by reason, but by life," said the Mason.
- The third consideration is the degree to which we apprehend that endless chain of causation inevitably demanded by reason, in which each phenomenon comprehended, and therefore man’s every action, must have its definite place as a result of what has gone before and as a cause of what will follow.
There are no more uses of "apprehend" in the book.
To see samples from other sources, click a word sense below:
as in: apprehend the situation Define
to understand
as in: apprehend the criminal
Define
to capture and arrest someone suspected of breaking the law
 |
. . . enhancing vocabulary while reading |