APPREHENSIVE
\ˌapɹɪhˈɛnsɪv], \ˌapɹɪhˈɛnsɪv], \ˌa_p_ɹ_ɪ_h_ˈɛ_n_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of APPREHENSIVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
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Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
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Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
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Sensible; feeling; perceptive.
By Oddity Software
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Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
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Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
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Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
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Sensible; feeling; perceptive.
By Noah Webster.
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Quick to learn or grasp; fearful of evil; anxious for the future; worried.
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Apprehensively.
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Apprehensiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Apprehensively.
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Apprehensiveness.
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Anticipative of evil; anxious; fearful.
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Quick to apprehend; sensitive; conscious.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Thomas Sheridan
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