Dep·re·hend v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Deprehending.]
  1. To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.
     The deprehended adulteress.Jer.   --Taylor.
  2. To detect; to discover; to find out.
     The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience.   --Bacon.
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