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To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.

To detect; to discover; to find out.

To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.

To detect; to discover; to find out.

dep're-hend, v.t. to catch, seize: to apprehend. [Through Fr. from L. deprehend[)e]re--de, and prehend[)e]re, to take.]