apprehendo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adprehendō apprendō === Etymology === From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ prehendō (“lay hold of, seize”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ap.preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ap.preˈɛn.do] === Verb === apprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum); third conjugation to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, capessō, sūmō, claudō, capio, teneo, inclūdō, possideō, arripiō, obsideo, retineo to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō to embrace, include Synonyms: complector, contineō, inclūdō, teneō, amplector to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, capio, occupō, possideō (Medieval Latin) to learn ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== apprehēnsibilis apprehēnsiō ==== Related terms ==== comprehendō dēprehendō prehendō reprehendō ==== Descendants ==== === References === "apprehendo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “apprehendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.