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1. Get the meaning of something
   - grok [N. Amer], get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass
    
2. Take into custody
   "the police apprehended the suspected criminals";
   - collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop, pinch [Brit], nick [Brit]
    
3. Anticipate with dread or anxiety
   - quail at

Derived forms: apprehending, apprehended, apprehends

Type of: anticipate, clutch, look for, look to, prehend [archaic], seize, understand

Encyclopedia: Apprehend