| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.[Websters]
2. To detect; to discover; to find out.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: deprehending, deprehended, deprehends, deprehender, deprehenders, deprehendingly and deprehendedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPREHEND" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Deprehend \Dep`re*hend"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Deprehended; present participle verb or noun Deprehending.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPREHEND
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To catch; to take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person committing an unlawful act. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
