English English Dictionary

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Appreciative (a.)

Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.

Appreciativeness (n.)

The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.

Appreciator (n.)

One who appreciates.

Appreciatory (a.)

Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.

Apprehend (v. i.)

To be apprehensive; to fear.

Apprehend (v. i.)

To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

Apprehend (v. t.)

To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

Apprehend (v. t.)

To know or learn with certainty.

Apprehend (v. t.)

To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

Apprehend (v. t.)

Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

Apprehend (v. t.)

To take or seize; to take hold of.

Apprehended (imp. & p. p.)

of Apprehend

Apprehender (n.)

One who apprehends.

Apprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Apprehend

Apprehensibiity (n.)

The quality of being apprehensible.

Apprehensible (a.)

Capable of being apprehended or conceived.

Apprehension (n.)

The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

Apprehension (n.)

The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

Apprehension (n.)

Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

Apprehension (n.)

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.