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

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  1. v. t. To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.
  2. v. t. To detect; to discover; to find out.
  3. 1. To take unwares 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.