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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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