(n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as,
the hand is an organ of apprehension.
(n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process;
arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
(n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the
contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any
judgment; intellection; perception.
(n.) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
(n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived;
understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
(n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust
or fear at the prospect of future evil.
