† apprensiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective] > comprehending
apprehensive1611
comprehensivea1631
realizing1656
apprensive1689
1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 63 Of the importance of which they are now very apprensive.
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adj.1689