APPREHEND Copy link • APPREHENDlay hold on, prehendere, apprehendere, comprehendere aliquem or aliquid: with any thing, aliqua re: prehendere or comprehendere aliquid manibus: manu prehendere or reprehendere aliquem (the latter, for the purpose of dragging him back; e.g., asoldier flying from battle). To arrest, etc., comprehendere (general term): in custodiam dare: in vincula conjicere (put in prison): e fuga retrahere aliquem (if he was flying). Seize with the mind; comprehend: capere (to take a thing): intelligere (to understand it): (mente) percipere (to take it in; see it clearly): assequi (to follow it; hence to master it). Fear, vereri, timere, metuere. Vid: FEAR.