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

Derived forms: apprehended, apprehends, apprehending

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

Encyclopedia: Apprehend