apprehensible

  • 1Apprehensible — Ap pre*hen si*ble, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See {Apprehend}.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. Apprehensible by faith. Bp. Hall. {Ap *pre*hen si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2apprehensible — I adjective accountable, cognizable, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, discoverable, explicable, fathomable, intelligible, knowable, penetrable, perceivable, perceptive, realizable, recognizable, scrutable, understandable, unmistakable II… …

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  • 3apprehensible — (adj.) late 15c., from L. apprehensibilis that can be seized, from apprehens , pp. stem of apprehendere (see APPREHEND (Cf. apprehend)) …

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  • 4apprehensible — [ap΄rəhen′sə bəl] adj. [ME < LL apprehensibilis: see APPREHEND & IBLE] that can be apprehended apprehensibility [ap΄rə hen′səbil′ə tē] n …

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  • 5apprehensible — adj. capable of being apprehended by the senses or the intellect (an apprehensible theory; an apprehensible change in her expression). Derivatives: apprehensibility n. Etymology: LL apprehensibilis (as APPREHEND, IBLE) …

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  • 6apprehensible — adjective Date: 15th century capable of being apprehended < an easily apprehensible truth > • apprehensibly adverb …

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  • 7apprehensible — apprehensibility, n. apprehensibly, adv. /ap ri hen seuh beuhl/, adj. capable of being understood. [1625 35; < LL apprehensibilis < L apprehens(us) grasped (ptp. of apprehendere), equiv. to apprehend (see APPREHEND) + t(us) ptp. suffix + ibilis&#8230; …

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  • 8apprehensible — adjective which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood) …

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  • 9appréhensible — (a pré an si bl ) adj. Terme didactique. Qui peut être saisi par l esprit. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Voy. appréhension …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 10apprehensible — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. understandable, comprehensible …

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