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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