1.  apprehend(v = verb.cognition) compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
is one way to understand
Derived forms noun apprehender₁, adjective apprehensible₁, noun apprehension₂, adjective apprehensive₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

2.  apprehend(v = verb.contact) arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
is one way to clutch, prehend, seize
Derived forms noun apprehender₂, noun apprehension₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

3.  apprehend(v = verb.emotion) quail at - anticipate with dread or anxiety;
is one way to anticipate, look for, look to
Derived forms noun apprehender₁, noun apprehension₃, noun apprehension₁, adjective apprehensive₃, adjective apprehensive₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  To take or seize; to take hold of. [1913 Webster]
"We have two hands to apprehend it." [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. [1913 Webster]

3.  To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. [1913 Webster]
"This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it." [1913 Webster]
"The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them." [1913 Webster]

4.  To know or learn with certainty. [1913 Webster]
"G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how." [1913 Webster]

5.  To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. [1913 Webster]
"The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence." [1913 Webster]

1.  To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose. [1913 Webster]

2.  To be apprehensive; to fear. [1913 Webster]
"It is worse to apprehend than to suffer." [1913 Webster]

apprehend, v.tr.
1 understand, perceive (apprehend your meaning).
2 seize, arrest (apprehended the criminal).
3 anticipate with uneasiness or fear (apprehending the results).

Etymology:
F appr{eacute}hender or L apprehendere (as AD-, prehendere prehens- lay hold of)

VB  go to law, appeal to the law, bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar, put on trial, pull up, accuse, prefer a claim, file a claim, take the law of, inform against, serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit, arrest, summon, summons, give in charge, empanel a jury, implead, join issue, close the pleadings, set down for hearing, try, hear a cause, sit in judgment, adjudicate.

VB  fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms, apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust, hesitate, falter, funk, cower, crouch, skulk, let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would' take fright, take alarm, start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink, fly, tremble, shake, shiver, shiver in one's shoes, shudder, flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over, quake, quaver, quiver, quail, grow pale, turn pale, blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise apprehensions, be in a daze, bulldoze, faze, feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay, fright, frighten, terrify, astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses, awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble, haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear, terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage, browbeat, bully, threaten.

VB  believe, credit, give faith to, give credit to, credence to, see, realize, assume, receive, set down for, take for, have it, take it, consider, esteem, presume, count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon, lay one's account for, make sure of, make oneself easy about, on that score, take on trust, take on credit, take for granted, take for gospel, allow some weight to, attach some weight to, know, know for certain, have know, make no doubt, doubt not, be, rest assured, persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself, make up one's mind, give one credit for, confide in, believe in, put one's trust in, place in, repose in, implicit confidence in, take one's word for, at one's word, place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to, think, hold, take, take it, opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow, ween, fancy, apprehend, have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion, view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as, surmise, get it into one's head, take it into one's head, come round to an opinion, swallow, cause to be believed, satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure, convince, convict, convert, wean, bring round, bring over, win over, indoctrinate, cram down the throat, produce conviction, carry conviction, bring home to, drive home to, go down, find credence, pass current, be received, be current, possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind.

VB  know, ken, scan, wot, wot aware, be aware of, ween, weet, trow, have, possess, conceive, apprehend, comprehend, take, realize, understand, savvy, appreciate, fathom, make out, recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience, know full well, have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of, be au courant, have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends, know by heart, know by rote, be master of, connaitre le dessous des cartes, know what's what, see one's way, discover, come to one's knowledge.