apprehend
verb (used with object)
to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority.
apprehender
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a word derived from
apprehend.
Example Sentences
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A mix of a conservationist with a badge and an apprehender of felonious poachers, Trush is a man's man with a thoughtful streak.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2010
In assessing the worth of studies, attention was thus withdrawn from their subject-matter and transferred to the response they called forth in the apprehender.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
The instructor, the apprehender, the hearer, and the enemy, are pleased within the heart.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
I was no easie apprehender of the fear of your departing from us; neither am I easie in the hope of seeing you intirely over suddenly.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne
The mind is the apprehender of the objects of the senses.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
