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Sensible
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Sensation; sensibility.
(2):
(a.) 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):
(a.) 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.
(4):
(a.) 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.
(5):
(a.) Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
(6):
(a.) Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.
(7):
(n.) That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.
(8):
(n.) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
(9):
(a.) Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sensible'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sensible.html. 1828.
