All 3 Uses of
apprehend
in
Romeo and Juliet
- This is that banish'd haughty Montague
That murder'd my love's cousin,—with which grief,
It is supposed, the fair creature died,—
And here is come to do some villanous shame
To the dead bodies: I will apprehend him.
Scene 5.3apprehend = capture a wrongdoer
- Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee;
Obey, and go with me; for thou must die.
Scene 5.3 *
- I do defy thy conjurations,
And apprehend thee for a felon here.
Scene 5.3apprehend = catch and arrest
Definition:
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(apprehend as in: apprehend the criminal) to capture and arrest someone suspected of breaking the law