apprehend (verb) en

  • 61discern — I (detect with the senses) verb appreciate, apprehend, apprehend clearly, ascertain, awake to, become acquainted with, become apprized, become aware of, become informed, behold, cast eyes on, catch sight of, cognize, command a view of, comprehend …

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  • 62capture — I verb apprehend, arrest, capere, carry away, catch, comprehendere, confine, hold captive, hold in captivity, immure, impress, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, make an arrest, make prisoner, net, repress, restrain, restrict, seize, subdue,… …

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  • 63fear — I noun affright, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, apprehension of danger, apprehension of harm, apprehension of injury, apprehension of punishment, apprehensiveness, awe, concern, consternation, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, diffidence,… …

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  • 64Kant’s Copernican revolution — Daniel Bonevac Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason was to transform the philosophical world, at once bringing the Enlightenment to its highest intellectual development and establishing a new set of problems that would dominate philosophy in… …

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  • 65arrest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. seize, apprehend, capture, nab (inf.), pinch, bust (both sl.); stop, halt; retard, suspend. See end, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Legal restraint] Syn. apprehension, taking into custody,… …

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  • 66catch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize; overtake; land, net, hook; surprise, detect; snare, trap; capture, arrest, apprehend, nab (inf.); snatch. See restraint, deception, difficulty, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 67comprehend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. comprise, embrace, include; grasp, apprehend, conceive, understand, see, know. See knowledge, inclusion, intelligence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To include] Syn. contain, comprise, embrace; see… …

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  • 68grasp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hold, clasp, seize; comprehend, understand. See acquisition, intelligence, authority, retention. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To clutch] Syn. seize, take, grip, clasp; see seize 1 , 2 . 2. [To comprehend]… …

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  • 69perceive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. apprehend, discern; observe, notice, see; comprehend, know. See knowledge. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [See] Syn. observe, note, notice, discern; see discern , look 2 , regard 1 , see 1 . 2. [Understand] …

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  • 70understand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. know, comprehend, grasp, catch; perceive, discern, penetrate, apprehend; interpret, construe, fathom; gather, infer, assume; realize, believe; sympathize (with). See meaning, intelligence,… …

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