dēprĕhensĭo, ōnis, f. [deprehendo, no. II.], a catching, seizing, surprising; a discovery (very rare): deprehensione fieri manifestum furem, Dig. 47, 2, 7; cf. ib. 23, 2, 43, § 12: manifesta veneni, * Cic. Clu. 18, 50.