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What is the verb for apprehensive?

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apprehend

(transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.
(transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
(transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
(transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
(intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
(intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.
Synonyms:

arrest, nab, seize, collar, nail, detain, capture, bust, catch, pinch, nick, restrain, cop, take, bag, do, imprison, grab, incarcerate, lift, stop, pull in, pick up, take into custody, run in, take prisoner, haul in, put in jail, throw in jail, put behind bars, feel your collar, place under arrest, take in for questioning, take in, hook, ensnare, net, nobble, lay hold of, trap, land, snag, corral, snare, get, glom, bring in, take captive, secure, hold … more

Examples:

“Eventually, news reached the Captain, who dispatched a gunnery sergeant and a squad of Marines with non-defective handcuffs to apprehend her.”

“The very fact that I can apprehend the concept of being by itself enables me to discover substance and accident and all the other things as beings.”

“And not only would these things occur, but I would apprehend that the landlords and the Protestant employers of the place would tamper with the parents and operate upon them.”

apprehended

simple past tense and past participle of apprehend
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apprehending

present participle of apprehend
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apprehends

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
Synonyms:

arrests, nabs, seizes, collars, nails, detains, captures, busts, catches, pinches, nicks, restrains, cops, takes, bags, does, imprisons, grabs, incarcerates, lifts, stops, pulls in, picks up, takes into custody, takes prisoner, hauls in, puts in jail, throws in jail, puts behind bars, feels your collar, places under arrest, takes in for questioning, takes in, hooks, ensnares, nets, nobbles, lays hold of, traps, lands, snags, corrals, snares, gets, gloms, brings in, takes captive, secures, holds, jails … more

Examples:

“It apprehends his life of perfect obedience and his sacrificial death on Calvary as the spotless Lamb.”

“If a constable reasonably apprehends that the action of any person may result in a breach of the peace it is his duty to prevent that action.”

“It becomes the noeton when it touches and intuitively apprehends its objects so that noesis and the noeton are the same.”

apprehendeth

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend

apprehendest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of apprehend

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