Apprehendable

/ˌæprɪˈhendəbəl/ adjective

Able to be understood, grasped mentally, or arrested and captured.

From apprehend + -able suffix. Apprehend comes from Latin apprehendere (to grasp, seize), from ad- + prehendere (to take, seize). The -able suffix means 'capable of being.' The word carries both mental and physical meanings from its Latin root.

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