Apprehending vbl. sb.

[f. as prec. + -ING¹.] The action of the vb. APPREHEND; APPREHENSION, esp. in senses 3, 7, 12.

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1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., III. ix. The vertu of apprehendynge [L. apprehensiva potentia], þat is maner knowynge, is departid a tweyne.

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1553–87. Foxe, A. & M., III. 321. Going from place to place, to avoid the peril of apprehending.

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1581. Sidney, Astrophel, lxvi. Quick apprehending … Of euerie image which may comfort show.

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1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., III. 508. To issue a proclamation for the apprehending of Ludlow.

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1880. Cyples, Hum. Exp., ii. 40. Experience includes the apprehending of a regulative order [etc.].

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