sensibility

[Fr. sensibilité, from Latin sensibilitatem, acc us, of sensibilitas, from sensibilis sensible (q.v.); Sp. sensibilidad; Italian sensi bilità.] 1. The quality or state of being sensible or capable of sensation; susceptibility of impre ion, especially to see or feel. (Applied especially to animal bodies.) "Any sensibility of his power and will for the illustration of his own glory."-Pearson: Creed, art. 1. 2. Capacity to feel or perceive in general; the capacity of the soul to exercise or be the subject of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; susceptibility of impre ions, such as awe, wonder, sublimity, . 3. Acutene of sensation or of perception; peculiar susceptibility of impre ions, pleasurable or otherwise; delicacy or keenne of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; delicacy of temperament. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = £ sensible In this sense frequently used in the plural. "He was born with violent pa ions and quick senst bilities."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vii. 4. Experience of sensations; actual feeling. 5. That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a thermometer. sen-si-ble, a. & s. [Fr., from Latin sensibilis, from sens us sense (q. v.); Sp. sensible; Italian sensibile.] IMG:content-1211.png:[blocks in formation] 8. Easily moved or affected by natural agents or changes of condition; capable of indicating slight changes of condition; delicate, sensitive; as, a sen sible thermometer. 9. Po e ing or endowed with sense, judgment, or reason; endowed with common sense; intelligent; acting with sense or reason. ""Twas a good sensible fellow."- Shakesp .: Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. 1. 10. Characterized by sense, judgment, or reason; judicious, reasonable; in accordance with good sense; as, a sensible act, sensible language. B. As substantive: 11. Sensation, sensibility. "Must needs remove The sensible of prin." - Milton : P. L., ii. 268. 2. That which produces sensation; something perceptible, a material substance. "The creation Of this wide sensible." More: Song of Soul , I. ii. 135. 3. That which po e es sensibility; a sensitive being. sensible-horizon, s. [HORIZON.] sensible-note, s. Music: A leading-note (q. v.). sen-si-ble-ne , s. [Eng. sensible; -ne .] 1. Po ibility of being perceived by the senses. 2. Perception, apprehension, appreciation. "The sensiblene of an acquiescence in the benefactor's goodne ."-Barrow: Sermons , vol. ii., ser. 16. 3. Sensitivene ; keenne of feeling; painful consciousne . "This feeling and sensiblene , and sorrow for sin."Hammond. 4. The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; capability of sensation. "The sensiblene of the eye renders it subject to pain, as also unfit to be dre ed with sharp medicaments."Sharp. son. 5. Good sense, good judgment; intelligence, reasen-si-bly, adv. [Eng.sensib ( le ); -ly.] 1. In a sensible manner; so as to be perceived by the senses; perceptibly to the senses. "Fetched not out her breath sensibly." -P. Holland: Pliny , bk. vii., ch. lii. 2. So as to be perceived by the mind; appreciably, materially. "The main features of the trade have not, however, sensibly altered." - London Daily Telegraph. 3. With perception either of body or mind; sensibly, feelingly. ""How was there a Costard broken in a shin?' 'I will tell you sensibly." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , iii. 1. 3624 4. In a sensible or judicious manner; with good sense; judiciously, reasonably; as, He spoke most sensibly. sen-si-fā-cient (ci as sh), adj . [Lat. sens us= sense, and faciens (pr. par. of facere )=making.] Converting into sensation. sen-sif-er-oŭs, a. [Lat. sens us sense, and fero to bear.] Producing sensation.