apprehending

Shortly thereafter, US President George W Bush issued a series of demands to the de facto government of Pakistan — specifically demanding that the Taliban assist the US in apprehending key al-Qaeda personnel and shutting down al-Qaeda operational bases.

Matthew Yglesias » Taliban on the Run 2010

[Link] According to the Sparks interview, Smith's partner in apprehending Garfield's shooter was none other than Billy the Kid.

The World's Oldest Liar 2006

Discuss Meghan's role in apprehending the shooter in the Tubman projects; was her involvement self-serving, or was she defending her son and the safety of others?

Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen: Questions 2006

The DA is asking for the public's help in apprehending the leader — a man they call "the Colonel."

Man Steals Ancestor's Identity 2006

Accuracy in apprehending, quickness and certainty in seizing opportunities, power and discrimination, and appreciation of what is right and honourable.

The Influence of Canadian Universities in Canadian Development 1920

Wisdom teaches us not to be quicksighted, or quickscented, in apprehending and resenting affronts, but to wink at many of the injuries that are done us, and act as if we did not see them (v. 21):

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

He then described the difficulty in apprehending deserters, given the recalcitrance of the inhabitants: … it was then late at night, and the Inhabitants of this place were mostly in Bed-knowing that deserters seldom want a resting place, & thinking that the Inhabitants might afford them Shelter, Mr. Hunter [a local merchant] and myself considered it as a proper step to apply immediately to Mr. Justice Follett [local justice of the peace] for a Warrant to collect together a large body of constables and armed assistants, and to search the houses of the said inhabitants without delay.

Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

What he seems to be saying is that the poetic process is first a kind of apprehending of the environment that blurs conventional boundaries of perception – not to dissolve the actuality that is there but to bring out relations and dimensions that ordinary rational naming and analysing fail to represent.

Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 1: Modernism and the Scholastic Revival 2005

Soul's capability of 'apprehending' or learning the true meaning and use of every fact and circumstance which environs its existence, were properly perceived and applied, then the 'Image of God' in which the Creator made humanity, would become the veritable likeness of the Divine.

The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance Marie Corelli 1889

"apprehending," says his Excellency, "that the exportation of corn will be bad for the kingdom during this extreme season."

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke