deprehend

verb /ˌdɛpɹəˈhɛnd/

1. To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.

   obsolete

   The deprehended adulteress

2. To detect; to discover; to find out.

   obsolete

   The motions of the minute parts of bodies […] are to be deprehended by experience.

Where it comes from

From Latin deprehendere, deprehensum, from de- + prehendere (“to lay hold of, seize”). See prehensile.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deprehend (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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