apprehensivea.[Cf. F. apprhensif. See Apprehend.]1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.()It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. (Hawthorne.)2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant.()A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. (Jer. Taylor.)3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.()Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. (Sir W. Hamilton.)4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.()Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. (Tillotson.)Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. (Gladstone.)5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive.()Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. (Milton.)