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Apprehensive \Ap`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]hensif. 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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