1. Sensation; sensibility. [R.] "Our temper changed . . . which must needs remove the sensible of pain." Milton.
2. That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible. Aristotle distinguished sensibles into common and proper. Krauth- Fleming.
3. That which has sensibility; a sensitive being. [R.] This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles. Burton.
SENSIBLENESS
Sen"si*ble*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility. "The sensibleness of the eye." Sharp. "Sensibleness and sorrow for sin." Hammond. The sensibleness of the divine presence. Hallywell.
2. Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
SENSIBLY
Sen"si*bly, adv.
1. In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively. What remains past cure, Bear not too sensibly. Milton.
2. With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.
SENSIFACIENT
Sen`si*fa"cient, a. Etym: [L. sensus sense + facere to make.]