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apprehend

[ap-ri-hend] / ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd /




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Painter Riley's development spans a ten-year arc from the aggressiveness of her early black-and-white images to the imperiled quiet of such new stripe paintings as Apprehend, 1970.

From Time Magazine Archive

Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Very well, Madam, Though very much ado I had to make her Apprehend that happiness.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Beaumont, Francis

Apprehend your places; he shall be soon, and at all points.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

Apprehend now the cry of Him Who is the Point as raised by His utterance.

From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh




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