apprehending

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English

Verb

apprehending

  1. present participle and gerund of apprehend

Noun

apprehending (plural apprehendings)

  1. An act by which something is apprehended.
    • 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition, page 194:
      Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.