see|appréhension
English

Etymology
From L. apprehensio, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

Pronunciation
WEAE: IPA|/æ.pɹe�h�n.��n/

Noun
en-noun

1. rare The physical act of seize|seizing or take hold|taking hold of; seizure.

#*2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905,
#*:The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.

1. law The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

#*1855, w:Elizabeth_Gaskell|Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, ch. 37,
#*:The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.

1. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

#*1815, w:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Life," in A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (1840 edition),
#*:We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.

1. opinion|Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

#*1901, w:Kate Douglas Wiggin|Kate Douglas Wiggin, Penelope's English Experiences, ch. 8,
#*:We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else.

1. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding.

#*1854, w:Charles_Dickens|Charles Dickens, Hard Times, ch. 7,
#*:Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.

1. anticipation|Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

#*1846, w:Herman_Melville|Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, ch. 32,
#*:Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.

Usage notes
Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is less agitated and more persistent; alarm is more agitated and transient.

Synonyms
alarm

Translations
trans-top|seizure
Dutch: t+|nl|grijpen|n,
trans-mid
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trans-top|arrest
Dutch: t|nl|arrestatie|f, t+|nl|grijpen|n, t|nl|vastgrijpen|n
trans-mid
Finnish: pidättäminen, vangitseminen
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trans-top|act of grasping with the intellect
Dutch: t+|nl|begrip|n, t+|nl|begrijpen|n
trans-mid
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trans-top|opinion
Dutch: t+|nl|begrip|n, t+|nl|opinie|f, t|nl|gezichtspunt|n, t-|nl|visie|f
trans-mid
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trans-top|faculty by which ideas are conceived
Dutch: t+|nl|begrip|n, t+|nl|verstand|n
trans-mid
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trans-top|distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil
Dutch: t|nl|vrees|f, t+|nl|angst|f
trans-mid
Finnish: t+|fi|huoli, t+|fi|pelko
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References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913|apprehension
R:Dictionary.com|apprehension
"apprehension" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"apprehension {anxiety}" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"apprehension (catching)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"apprehension (understanding)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"apprehension" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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