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intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters." Trench. Apprehend It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. Apprehender Apprehensibiity Apprehensible Apprehension Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue. To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension. After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Syn. Apprehension, Alarm. Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and transient. Apprehensive It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. |
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