APPREHEN'SIVE, adjective 1. Quick to understand; as, an apprehensive scholar. 2. Fearful; in expectation of evil; as, we were apprehensive of fatal consequences. [This is the usual sense of the word.] 3. Suspicious; inclined to believe; as, I am apprehensive he does not understand me. 4. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [Rarely used.]
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