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Definition of Apprehending
1. apprehend [v] - See also: apprehend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprehending
Literary usage of Apprehending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... especially active in apprehending the offenders, shall be paid some additional
remu> neration for their expenses,1 exertions,2 and loss of time. § 1259. ..."
2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"We mean the different ways of apprehending the doctrine concerning the freedom
of the human will. In the Pelagian system, moral freedom is apprehended as a ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"4 & 5 W. & M. 8. for apprehending highwaymen. ... for apprehending highway men, &c.
the plaintiff must recite the statute, and every thing that entitles, ..."
4. The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, Printed from by John Wilkes (1805)
"The house of commons addressed the king to issue a proclamation for apprehending
them ; and this paper, which was both illegal and ridiculous, ..."
5. Transactions and Collections by American Antiquarian Society (1911)
"[For apprehending Destroyers of the Gaspee.] BY THE KING. A PROCLAMATION: FOR
THE DISCOVERING AND apprehending THE PERSONS WHO PLUNDERED AND BURNT THE ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"Some of his addresses, and a remarkable prayer, are contained in ' A Narrative
of the apprehending . . . and Execution of John James,' &c., 1662, ..."
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