1. Fully understood or grasped
   "these apprehended truths";
   - appreciated, comprehended

1. Get the meaning of something
   "The students quickly apprehended the concept";
   - grok [N. Amer, informal], get the picture [informal], comprehend, savvy, dig [informal], grasp, compass
    
2. Take into custody
   "the police apprehended the suspected criminals";
   - collar [informal], nail [informal], arrest, pick up, nab [informal], cop [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], nick [Brit, informal]
    
3. Anticipate with dread or anxiety
   "She apprehended the results of her medical test";
   - quail at

See also: understood

Type of: anticipate, clutch, look for, look to, prehend [archaic], seize, take hold, take hold of, understand

Encyclopedia: Apprehended