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APPREHEND
Definition of APPREHEND
verb
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive. To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize. To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”), from Old French apprehender (modern French appréhender (“to apprehend; to catch; to dread”)), from Latin apprehendere, adprehendere, the present active infinitive of apprehendō, adprehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure”), from ap-, ad- (prefix meaning ‘to’) + prehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold, seize, take; to find”)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APPREHEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APPREHEND starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHNPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start APPREH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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