Apprehend vs. Apprehensive
Apprehendverb
To take or seize; to take hold of.
Apprehendverb
(transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
Apprehendverb
(transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
Apprehendverb
(transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
Apprehendverb
(intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
Apprehendverb
(intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.
Apprehendverb
To take or seize; to take hold of.
Apprehendverb
Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
Apprehendverb
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
Apprehendverb
To know or learn with certainty.
Apprehendverb
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
Apprehendverb
To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
Apprehendverb
To be apprehensive; to fear.
Apprehendverb
get the meaning of something;
Apprehendverb
take into custody;
Apprehendverb
anticipate with dread or anxiety
Apprehensiveadjective
Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
Apprehensiveadjective
Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Apprehensiveadjective
Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
Apprehensiveadjective
Knowing; conscious; cognizant.
Apprehensiveadjective
Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
Apprehensiveadjective
Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
Apprehensiveadjective
Sensible; feeling; perceptive.
Apprehensiveadjective
quick to understand;
Apprehensiveadjective
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried;
Apprehensiveadjective
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm;
Apprehensiveadjective
anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Apprehensiveadjective
relating to perception or understanding.
