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deprehend
† deprehend, v. Obs. (dɛprɪˈhɛnd) [ad. L. dēprehend-ĕre to take or snatch away, seize, catch, detect, etc., f. de- I. 2 + prehend-ĕre to lay hold of, seize.] 1. trans. To seize, capture; to arrest, apprehend.1532 More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 758/1 He would..cause them to be deprehended and taken. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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indeprehensible
† indepreˈhensible, a. Obs. [ad. L. indēprehensibilis not to be seized or caught (Quintil.), f. in- (in-3) + dēprehendĕre to seize, catch, deprehend: see -ible.] Incapable of being mentally apprehended or detected; undiscoverable.1633 T. Morton Discharge 174 (T.) A case perplexed and indeprehensible... Oxford English Dictionary
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deprehension
† depreˈhension Obs. [ad. L. dēprehensiōn-em, n. of action from dēprehendĕre to deprehend.] The action of catching or taking in the act; detection; arrest.1527 Knight in J. S. Brewer Reign Hen. VIII, xxviii. (1884) II. 199 That it be not in any wise known that the said..deprehension should come by t... Oxford English Dictionary
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