apprehensibleadj.
/aprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ Capable of being apprehended or grasped by the senses or intellect; liable to be felt emotionally (obsolete). Const. by, to.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [adjective] > perceptible emotionally
sensiblec1485
apprehensiblea1631
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]
understandinga1382
sensiblea1393
knowablea1425
perceivablec1443
takablec1449
understandablec1475
intendible1489
intentiblea1492
intelligible1509
facile1531
level1559
discernable1561
receptible1574
intendable?1577
excogitable1592
penetrable1594
comprehensible1598
scrutablec1604
distinguishable1611
discernible1616
perviousa1631
fathomable1633
cognoscible1648
colligible1650
determinable1658
intelligent1676
cognizable1681
apprehensive1692
susceptible1694
tangible1709
apprehensible1715
pronounced1728
comprehendible1814
graspable1818
prehensiblea1832
prononcé1838
possible1864
receivable1865
unsmothered1891
readable1908
discriminable1946
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 356 It is apprehensible by sense, and not comprehensible by reason.
1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 95 Who wept not for himselfe; for an object so sad and apprehensible as this could not bend his gravity.
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 318 Discoursing of the Nature..of God, in a Language neither warrantable nor apprehensible.
1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 891/2 Apprehensible even to the uninstructed.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 469 A world of invisible beings..assuming forms, uttering tones, distilling odours, apprehensible by the soul of man.
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