Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Apprénd-ere, v. a. (pass. appre-si, Apprénd-se, Apprénd-sero; part. appreso.)
1. to learn, study, acquire knowledge;2. to apprehend, conceive. Non apprendo come ciò possa riuscire, I cannot conceive how this can succeed; 3. to take, seize, arrest; v. r. to take to, attach one's self to.s. m. Apprénd-itóre, f. Apprénd-itríce; adj. Apprénd-énte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
apprendere: to learne. Also to take hold of, to apprehend.