apprehensible

apprehensible
apprehensibility, n.apprehensibly, adv.
/ap'ri hen"seuh beuhl/, adj.
capable of being understood.
[1625-35; < LL apprehensibilis < L apprehens(us) grasped (ptp. of apprehendere), equiv. to apprehend- (see APPREHEND) + -t(us) ptp. suffix + -ibilis -IBLE]

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