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Ap`pre*hen"sive (&unr_;), a. [Cf. F. appréhensif. See Apprehend.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
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It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.
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2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]
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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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3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
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Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. Sir W. Hamilton.
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4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
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Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. Tillotson.
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Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. Gladstone.
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5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
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Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. Milton.
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