\Dep`re*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deprehended}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Deprehending}.] [L. deprehendere, deprehensum;
de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See {Prehensile}.]
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.