Both Uses of
apprehension
in
Dracula
- I saw him leave for Whitby with as brave a face as could, but I was sick with apprehension.
p. 243.6apprehension = worry
- I had a horrible sinking in my heart, and from Van Helsing's face I gathered that he felt some fear or apprehension as to what was to come.
p. 295.6 *
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