Sensible

a. (sensible, French.) 1. Having the power of perceiving by the senses (fa- Jetgh). 2. Perceptible by the senses (Hooker). 3. Perceived by the mind (Temple). 4. Perceiving by either mind or senses; having perception by the mind or senses (Dryden). Having moral perception; having the quality of being affected by moral good or ill (Shaks.). 6. Having quick intellectual feeling; being easily or ain affected (Dryden). 7. Convinced; persuaded (Add is on)... 8. In low conversation it has sometimes the sense of reasonable; judicious; wise (Add is on). _ SENSIBLE NOTE, in music, the appellation given to the sharp seventh of any key, because it renders the ear sensible of that key, and serves to announce the modulation of the harmony into a new key.