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deprehend
/ˌdɛpɹəˈhɛnd/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
The deprehended adulteress
2
To detect; to discover; to find out.
The motions of the minute parts of bodies […] are to be deprehended by experience.
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