All 3 Uses of
apprehension
in
In Cold Blood
- For Dick was at least partly inhabited by Perry's mystical-moral apprehensions.†
Chpt 2 *
- During the first of his three years in prison, Perry had observed Willie-Jay from a distance, with interest but with apprehension; if one wished to be thought a tough specimen, intimacy with Willie-Jay seemed unwise.†
Chpt 1
- "Do you know," he asked, "what the attitude of the people was in this community after the apprehension of these two men?"†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(apprehension as in: apprehension about finals) worry about what is to come
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(2)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the criminal) the capture of a criminal
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(3)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the situation) to understand
or:
in psychology and philosophy: immediate awareness prior to analysis and judgment