01 a. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
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Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.“It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk.” — Hawthorne.
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Knowing; conscious; cognizant.[R.]“A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.” — Jer. Taylor.
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Relating to the faculty of apprehension.“Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.” — Sir W. Hamilton.
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Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.“Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.” — Tillotson.“Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.” — Gladstone.
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Sensible; feeling; perceptive.[R.]“Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.” — Milton.