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DEPREHEND
Etymology
Verb
deprehend (third-person singular simple present deprehends, present participle deprehending, simple past and past participle deprehended)
To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
To detect; to discover; to find out.
Anagrams
• prehended
Source: Wiktionary
Dep`re*hend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Deprehending.] Etym: [L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile.]
1. To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend. The deprehended adulteress.Jer. Taylor.
2. To detect; to discover; to find out. The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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