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deprehending

deprehending is the present participle and gerund of deprehend.

Meaning of deprehend

Verb

deprehend (third-person singular simple present deprehends, present participle deprehending, simple past and past participle deprehended)

  1. (obsolete) To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
    • The deprehended adulteress1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium
  2. (obsolete) To detect; to discover; to find out.
    • The motions of the minute parts of bodies […] are to be deprehended by experience.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Questions about deprehending

What is deprehending the present participle and gerund of?
Deprehending is the present participle and gerund of deprehend.

Words near deprehending in the dictionary

  1. depreferenced
  2. depreferences
  3. depreferencing
  4. deprehend
  5. deprehended
  6. deprehending
  7. deprehends
  8. deprehensible
  9. deprehension
  10. deprehensions
  11. deprenyl

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