apprehend

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Plain form
apprehend

Third-person singular
apprehends

Past tense
apprehended

Past participle
apprehended

Present participle
apprehending

  1. (transitive) If someone is apprehended, they are taken or seized by legal process.
    Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.
  2. (transitive) If you apprehend something, you are able to understand or perceive it.