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idiosyncratic

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

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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

to have a clear idea of //do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?
Synonyms

appreciate assimilate behold catch catch on (to) cognize compass comprehend conceive cotton (to or on to) decipher decode dig discern get grasp grok intuit know make make out perceive recognize register savvy see seize sense tumble (to)