Ap-pre-hĕn’sive, a.
a. [Fr. appréhensif, Pr. apprehensive. See supra.]
Sense 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt. [Rare.] “Apprehensive scholars.” Holder.
Sense 2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [Obs.]
A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. Bp. Taylor.
Sense 3. Fearful; in expectation of evil.
They are not at all apprehensive of evils at a distance. Tillotson.
Sense 4. Suspicious; inclined to believe; as, I am apprehensive he does not understand me.
Sense 5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [Rare.]
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. Milton.