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verb
Anticipate with dread or anxiety.
synonym: apprehend.
is a specific kind of: anticipate, look for, look to.
entailment: dread, fear.
derivation: apprehension, misgiving | apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | apprehender, knower | apprehensive | apprehensive, worried.
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