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Definition of Apprehended
1. Adjective. Fully understood or grasped. "A thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known"
Definition of Apprehended
1. Verb. (past of apprehend) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apprehended
1. apprehend [v] - See also: apprehend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprehended
Literary usage of Apprehended
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"Alypius, though innocent, was apprehended as a thief, but set free by the skill
of a certain architect. BUT this was already being laid up in his memory to ..."
2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... but not upon thefew.bat prevailing, were part apprehended, and part 1 ...
For the rot help, were part apprehended and of the place" \-c. ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"horse, which was principally apprehended. Sir William Waller had soon notice of
the remove of the horse; and therefore, intending that pursuit no farther, ..."
4. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1824)
"... the Household respecting the safety of the person of King Edward J/rIt.h ;
and urging him to cause the Duke of Somerset to be apprehended. [Ms. COTTON. ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"402 tion, Mr. Reed said : " It must be obvious that the danger to be apprehended
by these monitors when under canvas is very great ; and when we think that ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"Mis head wa- on a pole 'over against the passage to the meeting-place where he
and his company were apprehended.' Some of his addresses, and a remarkable ..."
7. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... I apprehended that we were under an implied obligation, in honour and good
faith, to transmit the estate by the same tenure which he held it, ..."
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