Definition of apprehensible in English:
apprehensible
adjective aprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)lˌæprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l
archaic, literary Capable of being understood or perceived.
a bat whirred, apprehensible only from the displacement of air
Example sentencesExamples
- This capacity allows action - individual and collective - to orient meaningfully to realms of reality not immediately apprehensible through the senses, to pursue ends that transcend current circumstances and conditions.
- The new popular poetry reminds literati that auditory poetry virtually always employs apprehensible formal patterns to shape its language.
- It is immediately apprehensible, and needs to be seen again and again, because it remains puzzling, both as to its form and as to its meaning.
- Too overt or apprehensible a verbal pattern seems old-fashioned to many poets.
- As archetypes they are as apprehensible as Greek statuary.
Origin
Early 17th century: from late Latin apprehensibilis, from Latin apprehendere (see apprehend).
Rhymes
comprehensible, defensible, distensible, extensible, ostensible, reprehensible, sensible
Definition of apprehensible in US English:
apprehensible
adjectiveˌaprəˈhensəb(ə)lˌæprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l
literary, archaic Capable of being understood or perceived.
a bat whirred, apprehensible only from the displacement of air
Example sentencesExamples
- It is immediately apprehensible, and needs to be seen again and again, because it remains puzzling, both as to its form and as to its meaning.
- The new popular poetry reminds literati that auditory poetry virtually always employs apprehensible formal patterns to shape its language.
- Too overt or apprehensible a verbal pattern seems old-fashioned to many poets.
- As archetypes they are as apprehensible as Greek statuary.
- This capacity allows action - individual and collective - to orient meaningfully to realms of reality not immediately apprehensible through the senses, to pursue ends that transcend current circumstances and conditions.
Origin
Early 17th century: from late Latin apprehensibilis, from Latin apprehendere (see apprehend).