apprehend
verb with object
1. arrest (someone) for a crime:
｟かたく｠ 〈犯人など〉を捕らえる, 逮捕する(arrest)
e.g. a warrant was issued but he has not been apprehended.
2. understand or perceive:
｟やや古｠ …(の意味)を理解する; 感知する
e.g. great art invites us to apprehend beauty.
archaic anticipate (something) with uneasiness or fear:
｟古｠ …を懸念する, 恐れる
e.g. he is a man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grasp, get hold of (physically or mentally’)): from French appréhender or Latin apprehendere, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.