Dĕp're-hĕnd’, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. DEPREHENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPREHENDING.] [Lat. deprehendere, from de and prehendere, to lay hold of, seize, O. Sp. deprehender. See PREHENSIBLE.]
Sense 1. To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person committing an unlawful act; to catch. “The deprehended adulteress.” Bp. Taylor.
Sense 2. To detect; to discover. “The motions . . . are to be deprehended by experience.” Bacon.