Apprehend vs. Reprehend

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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

Reprehendverb

to criticize, to reprove

Reprehendverb

To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.

Reprehendverb

express strong disapproval of

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