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idiosyncratic

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Examples
  • //Within hours, police had apprehended the thief.
  • //subtle differences that are difficult to apprehend
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin apprehendere, literally, to seize, from ad- + prehendere to seize — more at get
apprehend
verb

Synonyms & Antonyms