apprehensible

[ ap-ri-hen-suh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being understood.

apprehensible

/ ˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally

Derived Forms

• ˌappreˌhensiˈbility, noun
• ˌappreˈhensibly, adverb

Other Words From

• appre·hensi·bili·ty noun
• appre·hensi·bly adverb
• nonap·pre·hensi·bili·ty noun
• nonap·pre·hensi·ble adjective
• unap·pre·hensi·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of apprehensible¹

1625–35; < Late Latin apprehēnsibilis < Latin apprehēns ( us ) grasped (past participle of apprehendere ), equivalent to apprehend- ( apprehend ) + -t ( us ) past participle suffix + -ibilis -ible

Example Sentences

One of the best parts of “Ghettoside” is a wonderfully apprehensible crash course in legal anthropology.

From Washington Post

We might be disposed to regard the sacraments as this medium, because they are the instruments by which grace is conferred, in a manner apprehensible through the senses.

From Project Gutenberg

For without imagination to represent, in a shape not merely abstract, things that have not come within personal experience, genius would remain limited to immediate intuition, and could not make its vision apprehensible by others.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of the exhibitors showed great skill in making their methods apprehensible to the stranger.

From Project Gutenberg

Discoverable only by reason, natural laws are immutable and universal, apprehensible by all men.

From Project Gutenberg

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