apprehend
to grasp, understand, or arrest
Roots
Other words with the prehend root
- apprehension: anxiety; understanding; arrest
- apprehensive: anxious or uneasy
- apprise: to inform or notify someone
- comprehend: to understand fully
- comprehensive: complete and wide-ranging
- prehensile: adapted for grasping
Apprehend is grasping toward: seize a suspect or catch an idea.
The detective apprehended the thief before dawn.