sensible
sen·sible
adjective
2.
- “even amoeba are sensible creatures”
- “the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid;”
- “;”
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aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
- “made sensible of his mistakes”
- “I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling” Henry Hallam
- “sensible that a good deal more is still to be done” Edmund Burke
Origin
From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).
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