deprehend

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act. obsolete
    — The deprehended adulteress
  2. To detect; to discover; to find out. obsolete
    — The motions of the minute parts of bodies […] are to be deprehended by experience.

词形变化

deprehends present,singular,third-person deprehending participle,present deprehended participle,past deprehended past

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词源

From Latin deprehendere, deprehensum, from de- + prehendere (“to lay hold of, seize”). See prehensile.
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