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Webster 1913 Edition
Deprehend
Depˊre-hend′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deprehended
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deprehending
.] 1.
To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.
The
deprehended
adulteress.Jer. Taylor.
2.
To detect; to discover; to find out.
The motion . . . are to be
– deprehended
by experience. Bacon.
Depˊre-hen′si-ble-ness
, Noun.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Deprehend
DEPREHEND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To catch; to take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person committing an unlawful act.2.
To detect; to discover; to obtain the knowledge of.Definition 2024
deprehend
deprehend
English
Verb
deprehend (third-person singular simple present deprehends, present participle deprehending, simple past and past participle deprehended)
- To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
- The deprehended adulteress. — Jeremy Taylor.
- To detect; to discover; to find out.
- The motions of the minute parts of bodies […] are to be deprehended by experience. — Francis Bacon.