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Webster 1828 Edition


Apprehending

APPREHEND'ING

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ppr.
Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing.

Definition 2024


apprehending

apprehending

English

Verb

apprehending

  1. present participle of apprehend

Noun

apprehending (plural apprehendings)

  1. An act by which something is apprehended.
    • 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
      Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.