Definition of Apprehends

1. Verb. (third-person singular of apprehend) ¹

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Definition of Apprehends

1. apprehend [v] - See also: apprehend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprehends

appreciation
appreciations
appreciative
appreciatively
appreciativeness
appreciator
appreciatorily
appreciators
appreciatory
apprecihate
apprehend
apprehended
apprehender
apprehenders
apprehending
apprehends (current term)
apprehensibility
apprehensible
apprehensibly
apprehension
apprehensions
apprehensive
apprehensively
apprehensiveness
apprentice
apprentice(a)
apprenticeage
apprenticed
apprenticehood
apprenticehoods

Literary usage of Apprehends

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1870)
"Jefferson apprehends Monarchical Designs. reassembled on the 4th of January (1790), but a quorum of the two Houses was not present until the 8th, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"... on the mortgage.7 Where the mortgagee apprehends the loss of the property by reason of the misconduct of the mortgagor he may have a receiver appointed, ..."

3. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"He apprehends a bad disposition on the part of the American Government. Morris asks to be presented at Court. The Duke of Queensberry. ..."

4. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1895)
"Mr. Pickering's Account of Spanish Duplicity about southern Boundaries— apprehends France means to regain Louisiana—Arrest of Major McLane and others for ..."

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