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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Deprehended

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Deprehending

[L.

deprehendere

deprehensum

;

de-

prehendere

to lay hold of, seize. See

To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.

The

deprehended

adulteress.Jer.

Taylor.

To detect; to discover; to find out.

The motion . . . are to be

deprehended

by experience.

Bacon.

–

Depˊre-hen′si-ble-ness

Noun.

[Obs.]

Verb.

[L. To take or seize.]

To catch; to take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person committing an unlawful act.

To detect; to discover; to obtain the knowledge of.