Sensible

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Sensation; sensibility.

II. Sensible ·noun That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

III. Sensible ·noun That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.

IV. Sensible ·adj Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.

V. Sensible ·adj Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.

VI. Sensible ·adj Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.

VII. Sensible ·adj Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible.

VIII. Sensible ·adj Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer.

IX. Sensible ·adj Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance.

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