English-Thai Dictionary

apprehend

VI เข้าใจ  understand perceive khao-jai

 

apprehend

VT จับกุม  เกาะกุม  jab-kum

 

apprehend

VT ประหวั่น  กลัว  dread pra-wan

 

apprehend

VT เข้าใจ  understand perceive khao-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPREHEND

v.t.[L. apprehendo, of ad and prehendo, to take or seize. ] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. In this literal sense, it is applied chiefly to taking or arresting persons by legal process, or with a view to trial; as to apprehend a thief.
2. To take with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mine; to understand, without passing a judgment, or making an inference.
I apprehend not why so many and various laws are given.
3. To think; to believe or be of opinion, but without positive certainty; as, all this is true, but we apprehend it is not to the purpose.
Notwithstanding this declaration, we do not apprehend that we are guilty of presumption.
4. To fear; to entertain suspicion or fear of future evil; as, we apprehend calamities from a feeble or wicked administration.

 

APPREHENDED

pp. Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; feared.

 

APPREHENDER

n.One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears.

 

APPREHENDING

ppr. Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPREHEND

Ap `pre *hend ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n.Apprehending. ] Etym: [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp. ); akin to Gr. get: cf. F. appréhender. See Prehensile, Get. ]

 

1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic ] We have two hands to apprehended it. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. Hence: To take or seize (a person ) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

 

3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them. Gladstone.

 

4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs. ] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl.

 

5. To anticipate; esp. , to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. -- To Apprehend, Comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. "We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters." Trench.

 

APPREHEND

APPREHEND Ap `pre *hend ", v. i.

 

1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

 

2. To be apprehensive; to fear. It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. Rowe.

 

APPREHENDER

APPREHENDER Ap `pre *hend "er, n.

 

Defn: One who apprehends.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

apprehend

ap pre hend |ˌapriˈhend ˈˌæprəˈhɛnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 arrest (someone ) for a crime: a warrant was issued but he has not been apprehended. 2 understand or perceive: great art invites us to apprehend beauty. • archaic anticipate (something ) with uneasiness or fear. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally )’): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘toward ’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

apprehend

ap ¦pre |hend |aprɪˈhɛnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 arrest (someone ) for a crime: a warrant was issued but he has not been apprehended. 2 understand or perceive: we enter a field of vision we could not otherwise apprehend. • archaic anticipate (something ) with uneasiness or fear. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally ’)): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘towards ’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

apprehend

apprehend verb 1 the thieves were quickly apprehended: arrest, catch, capture, seize; take prisoner, take into custody, detain, put in jail, put behind bars, imprison, incarcerate; informal bag, collar, nab, nail, run in, bust, pick up, pull in. 2 they are slow to apprehend danger: appreciate, recognize, discern, perceive, make out, take in, realize, grasp, understand, comprehend; informal get the picture.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

apprehend

apprehend verb 1 the thieves were quickly apprehended: arrest, catch, capture, seize; take prisoner, take into custody, detain, put in jail, throw in jail, put behind bars, imprison, incarcerate; informal collar, nab, nail, run in, pinch, bust, pick up, pull in, haul in, do, feel someone's collar; Brit. informal nick. 2 language is the only tool we have at our disposal for apprehending reality: understand, comprehend, realize, recognize, appreciate, discern, perceive, fathom, penetrate, catch, follow, grasp, make out, take in; informal get the picture, get the drift of, get the hang of, make head or tail of; Brit. informal twig, suss (out ).

 

French Dictionary

appréhender

appréhender v. tr. verbe transitif 1 droit Arrêter. : Le suspect a été appréhendé. 2 Craindre. : Elle appréhende qu ’il ne se mette à pleuvoir. Ils appréhendent de devoir quitter le pays. SYNONYME peur ; redouter . Note Syntaxique 1 ° Dans la langue soutenue, le verbe appréhender construit avec que suivi du subjonctif est souvent accompagné de la particule ne dite explétive, sans valeur négative, lorsqu ’on redoute qu ’un évènement (ne ) se produise. 2 ° Par contre, si l ’on craint qu ’un évènement ne se produise pas, l ’emploi de la négation ne. .. pas est obligatoire. Elle appréhende que l ’approvisionnement ne soit pas assuré à temps. 3 ° Il en est ainsi pour les autres verbes exprimant une notion de crainte: redouter, craindre, avoir peur, trembler, etc. 3 littéraire Comprendre, saisir par la pensée. : Appréhender partiellement un phénomène. SYNONYME concevoir . aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

apprehend

ap pre hend /æ̀prɪhénd /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈犯人など 〉を捕らえる, 逮捕する (arrest ).2 ｟文 ｠… (の意味 )を理解する (understand ); 感知する .3 …を懸念する .