capable of being apprehended

  • 1perceivable — adjective 1. capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing perceivable through the mist • Similar to: ↑perceptible 2. capable of being apprehended or understood • Syn: ↑apprehensible, ↑intelligible, ↑graspable, ↑ …

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  • 2perceptible — perceptible, sensible, palpable, tangible, appreciable, ponderable all mean capable of being apprehended through the senses or intellect as real and existent. Perceptible may be used inclusively to describe whatever comes within the range of one… …

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  • 3Apprehensible — Ap pre*hen si*ble, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See {Apprehend}.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. Apprehensible by faith. Bp. Hall. {Ap *pre*hen si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Apprehensibly — Apprehensible Ap pre*hen si*ble, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See {Apprehend}.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. Apprehensible by faith. Bp. Hall. {Ap *pre*hen si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5apprehensible — adjective Date: 15th century capable of being apprehended < an easily apprehensible truth > • apprehensibly adverb …

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  • 6Spinozism — noun Date: 1728 the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza who taught that reality is one substance with an infinite number of attributes of which only thought and extension are capable of being apprehended by the human mind • Spinozist noun • Spinozistic&#8230; …

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  • 7subjectivism/objectivism — One of the leading polarities about which much epistemology, and especially the theory of ethics, tends to revolve. The view that some commitments are subjective goes back at least to the Sophists, and the way in which opinion varies with&#8230; …

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  • 8apprehensible — adj. capable of being apprehended by the senses or the intellect (an apprehensible theory; an apprehensible change in her expression). Derivatives: apprehensibility n. Etymology: LL apprehensibilis (as APPREHEND, IBLE) …

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  • 9graspable — adjective capable of being apprehended or understood • Syn: ↑apprehensible, ↑intelligible, ↑perceivable, ↑understandable • Similar to: ↑comprehensible, ↑comprehendible • …

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  • 10understandable — adjective capable of being apprehended or understood (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑apprehensible, ↑intelligible, ↑graspable, ↑perceivable • Similar to: ↑comprehensible, ↑comprehendible …

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