apprehensiveadj.

/aprɪˈhɛnsɪv/

Etymology: < medieval Latin apprehensīvus, < apprehens- , participial stem of apprehendĕre : see apprehend v. and -ive suffix. Compare French appréhensif, -ive.

Characterized by apprehension; habitually apprehending.

†1. In the habit of seizing, ready to seize or embrace (an offer or opportunity). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [adjective] > ready to seize an opportunity

apprehensive1627

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 285 So apprehensiue of but an outward enforced semblance of Contrition from the hands of an Hypocrite.

a1641 Ld. Strafford (O.) I shall be very apprehensive of any occasions wherein I may do any kind offices.

2. Pertaining to, or fitted for, the laying hold of sensuous or mental impressions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective]

passiblec1384

apprehensivea1398

feelinga1400

sensible?c1400

sufferablec1400

perceptible?a1430

sensatea1500

sensive?1541

senting1572

patible1602

sentient1632

sensile1650

sensatinga1652

perceptive1652

percipient1692

perceiving1736

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective]

apprehensivea1398

cognitive1586

cognoscitive1640

cognoscent1649

cognitional1827

perceptional1862

cognition1878

perceptual1878

phronetal1904

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [adjective]

apprehensivea1398

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. vi. 96 Also þe wittis comeþ of þat vertu racional and apprehensiue.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 218 Illfauorednesse or disproportion to the partes apprehensiue, as..when a sound is either too loude or too low.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 624 Thoughts my Tormentors arm'd with deadly stings Mangle my apprehensive tenderest parts.

1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 88 When the apprehensive faculties of the soul are in their full vigour.

3. Of mental faculties and their operations: Showing apprehension or grasp of a subject; intelligent, discerning, quick.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > of mind, mental operations: sharp

quickOE

readya1393

piercingc1425

piercive1567

perforating1578

sharp1580

nimble1589

sudden1604

smirk1607

apprehensive1621

emunct1679

arrowing1793

keen1794

thorough-edged1830

fast1850

insightful1907

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. i. 121 If the Imagination be very apprehensiue, intent, and violent.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 612 In some [animals] are found Such teachable and apprehensive parts.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters x. 258 The reasons he gives..are neat, apprehensive, and witty.

1874 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius 20 A sense so apprehensive and discriminant.

4. Of intelligent beings: In the habit or capable of grasping with the mind, perceptive; hence, quick to learn, intelligent, ‘sharp.’ Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective]

keena1000

nimbleOE

wittya1100

smeighc1200

understandingc1200

aperta1330

skillwisea1340

witted1377

intelligiblea1382

well-feelinga1382

knowinga1398

finec1400

large?a1425

well-knowingc1425

of understanding1428

capax1432

sententiousc1440

well-wittedc1450

intellectual?a1475

clean1485

industriousc1487

intellective1509

cleanlyc1540

ingenious?a1560

fine-headed1574

conceited1579

conceitful1594

intelligenced1596

dexter1597

ingenuous1598

intelligent1598

senseful1598

parted1600

thinking1605

dexterical1607

solert1612

apprehensivea1616

dexterous1622

solertic1623

intelligential1646

callent1656

cunning1671

thoughtful1674

perceptive1696

clever1716

uptaking1756

spiritual1807

bright1815

gnostic1819

knowledgeable1825

brainy1845

opulent1851

opening1872

super-cerebral1916

brainiac1976

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 67 And Men are Flesh and Blood, and apprehensiue .

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times iv. 63 Those who are apprehensive of love.

1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie iii. sig. E^v My daughter is an apt, and wittie lasse: I know her apprehensive, and well-brayn'd.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 88 More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 295 Spaniels..docile and apprehensive.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 160 The lower phrase that suits the sense O' the limitedly apprehensive.

5. Having an apprehension or notion; understanding, realizing, conscious, sensible. Const. of or subordinate clause. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective] > comprehending

apprehensive1611

comprehensivea1631

realizing1656

apprensive1689

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 482/2 The king apprehensiue of his meaning, called his Lords.

1683 London Gaz. mdcccxlix/2 We are deeply apprehensive of the Confluences of Blessings, which..we enjoy.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xi. iii. 104 I am apprehensive that this is an additional proof of the requisiteness of attending to the customs of the East when we would explain the Scriptures.

1843 J. H. Newman Ess. Miracles 58 Miracles..wrought..by instruments but partially apprehensive that they are such.

6. Anticipative of something adverse; fearful of what may be about to happen. (Now the most usual sense.)

a. simply.

ΚΠ

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 812 From Death he flies, And turns around his apprehensive Eyes.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxix. 418 I am a sad weak, apprehensive Body; to be sure I am!

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 333 Though physically of a timid apprehensive nature.

b. with of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective]

doubtingc1425

feared1440

jealous?1533

doubtful1548

pensive1549

solicitous1621

apprehensive1633

trepidatious1904

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 22) 1087 Swine are naturally apprehensive of wind and weather, by an engrafted knowledge: and runne crying home before the storme.

1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 107 Noah's niece, being apprehensive of the deluge, set out for Ireland.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 70 Mortally apprehensive of some one coming in and kidnapping me.

c. with subordinate clause.

ΚΠ

1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a3^v Being apprehensive it might spoil the Sale of the Book.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) iii. §6. 192 I am apprehensive that experience was not sufficiently consulted.

1802 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 282/1 He was apprehensive an operation would be necessary.

d. the source from which apprehensions come, or the object for whose safety they are entertained, may be expressed.

ΚΠ

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xiv. sig. Q6^v Why should I be more apprehensive for my Body than my Mind.

1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly in Wks. (1823) VI. 41 More apprehensive from his servants..than from the hired blood-thirsty mob without.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xvii. 220 They became apprehensive for the safety of their canoe.

†7. Capable of being apprehended, apprehensible; intelligible. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 176 Who cannot suffer that things should be rendred apprehensive to Idle Persons, which he has learned amongst the Ancients with pains.

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单词	apprehensive
释义	apprehensiveadj. /aprɪˈhɛnsɪv/ Etymology: < medieval Latin apprehensīvus, < apprehens- , participial stem of apprehendĕre : see apprehend v. and -ive suffix. Compare French appréhensif, -ive. Characterized by apprehension; habitually apprehending. †1. In the habit of seizing, ready to seize or embrace (an offer or opportunity). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [adjective] > ready to seize an opportunity apprehensive1627 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 285 So apprehensiue of but an outward enforced semblance of Contrition from the hands of an Hypocrite. a1641 Ld. Strafford (O.) I shall be very apprehensive of any occasions wherein I may do any kind offices. 2. Pertaining to, or fitted for, the laying hold of sensuous or mental impressions. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] passiblec1384 apprehensivea1398 feelinga1400 sensible?c1400 sufferablec1400 perceptible?a1430 sensatea1500 sensive?1541 senting1572 patible1602 sentient1632 sensile1650 sensatinga1652 perceptive1652 percipient1692 perceiving1736 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] apprehensivea1398 cognitive1586 cognoscitive1640 cognoscent1649 cognitional1827 perceptional1862 cognition1878 perceptual1878 phronetal1904 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional perception > [adjective] apprehensivea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. vi. 96 Also þe wittis comeþ of þat vertu racional and apprehensiue. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 218 Illfauorednesse or disproportion to the partes apprehensiue, as..when a sound is either too loude or too low. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 624 Thoughts my Tormentors arm'd with deadly stings Mangle my apprehensive tenderest parts. View more context for this quotation 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 88 When the apprehensive faculties of the soul are in their full vigour. 3. Of mental faculties and their operations: Showing apprehension or grasp of a subject; intelligent, discerning, quick. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > of mind, mental operations: sharp quickOE readya1393 piercingc1425 piercive1567 perforating1578 sharp1580 nimble1589 sudden1604 smirk1607 apprehensive1621 emunct1679 arrowing1793 keen1794 thorough-edged1830 fast1850 insightful1907 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. i. 121 If the Imagination be very apprehensiue, intent, and violent. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 612 In some [animals] are found Such teachable and apprehensive parts. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters x. 258 The reasons he gives..are neat, apprehensive, and witty. 1874 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius 20 A sense so apprehensive and discriminant. 4. Of intelligent beings: In the habit or capable of grasping with the mind, perceptive; hence, quick to learn, intelligent, ‘sharp.’ Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 67 And Men are Flesh and Blood, and apprehensiue . View more context for this quotation 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times iv. 63 Those who are apprehensive of love. 1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie iii. sig. E^v My daughter is an apt, and wittie lasse: I know her apprehensive, and well-brayn'd. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 88 More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 295 Spaniels..docile and apprehensive. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 160 The lower phrase that suits the sense O' the limitedly apprehensive. 5. Having an apprehension or notion; understanding, realizing, conscious, sensible. Const. of or subordinate clause. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective] > comprehending apprehensive1611 comprehensivea1631 realizing1656 apprensive1689 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 482/2 The king apprehensiue of his meaning, called his Lords. 1683 London Gaz. mdcccxlix/2 We are deeply apprehensive of the Confluences of Blessings, which..we enjoy. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xi. iii. 104 I am apprehensive that this is an additional proof of the requisiteness of attending to the customs of the East when we would explain the Scriptures. 1843 J. H. Newman Ess. Miracles 58 Miracles..wrought..by instruments but partially apprehensive that they are such. 6. Anticipative of something adverse; fearful of what may be about to happen. (Now the most usual sense.) a. simply. ΚΠ 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 812 From Death he flies, And turns around his apprehensive Eyes. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxix. 418 I am a sad weak, apprehensive Body; to be sure I am! 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 333 Though physically of a timid apprehensive nature. b. with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] doubtingc1425 feared1440 jealous?1533 doubtful1548 pensive1549 solicitous1621 apprehensive1633 trepidatious1904 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 22) 1087 Swine are naturally apprehensive of wind and weather, by an engrafted knowledge: and runne crying home before the storme. 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 107 Noah's niece, being apprehensive of the deluge, set out for Ireland. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 70 Mortally apprehensive of some one coming in and kidnapping me. c. with subordinate clause. ΚΠ 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a3^v Being apprehensive it might spoil the Sale of the Book. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) iii. §6. 192 I am apprehensive that experience was not sufficiently consulted. 1802 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 282/1 He was apprehensive an operation would be necessary. d. the source from which apprehensions come, or the object for whose safety they are entertained, may be expressed. ΚΠ 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xiv. sig. Q6^v Why should I be more apprehensive for my Body than my Mind. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly in Wks. (1823) VI. 41 More apprehensive from his servants..than from the hired blood-thirsty mob without. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xvii. 220 They became apprehensive for the safety of their canoe. †7. Capable of being apprehended, apprehensible; intelligible. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 176 Who cannot suffer that things should be rendred apprehensive to Idle Persons, which he has learned amongst the Ancients with pains. 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