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Sensible [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs. We say the body or the flesh is sensible , when it feels the impulse of an external body. It may be more or less sensible .

2. Perceptible by the senses. The light of the moon furnishes no sensible heat.

3. Air is sensible to the touch by its motion. Arbuthnot .

4. Perceptible or perceived by the mind.

5. The disgrace was more sensible then the pain. Temple .

6. Perceiving or having perception, either by the mind or the senses.

7. A man cannot think at any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.

8. Locke .

9. Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.

10. If thou wert sensible of courtesy,

11. I should not make so great a show of zeal. Shak .

12. Having acute intellectual feeling; being easily or strongly affected; as, to be sensible of wrong.

13. Perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.

14. They are now sensible it would have been better to comply, than refuse. Addison .

15. Intelligent; descerning; as a sensible man.

16. Moved by a very small weight or impulse; as, a sensible balance is necessary to ascertain exact weight.

17. Affected by a slight degree of heat or cold; as a sensible thermometer.

18. Containing good sense or sound reason.

19. He addressed Claudius in the following sensible and noble speech. Henry .

20. Sensible note , in music, that which constitutes a third major above the dominant, and a semitone beneath the tonic.

Sensible [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Sensation; also, whatever may be perceived.

Sensible [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.

6. Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.

Sensible [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Sensation; sensibility.

2. That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.

3. That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

Sensibleness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Possibility of being perceived by the senses; as the sensibleness of odor or sound.

2. Actual perception by the mind or body; as the sensibleness of an impression on the organs. [But qu.]

3. Sensibility; quickness or acuteness of perception; as the sensibleness of the eye.

4. Susceptibility; capacity of being strongly affected, or actual feeling; consciousness; as the sensibleness of the soul and sorrow for sin.

5. Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.

6. Susceptibility of slight impressions. [See Sensible , No. 9, 10.]

Sensibleness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.

2. Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.