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sensibles

sensibles is the plural of sensible.

Meaning of sensible

Noun

sensible (plural sensibles)

  1. (obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.
    • Our temper changed […] which must needs remove the sensible of pain.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.
    • Aristotle distinguished sensibles into common and proper.1857, William Fleming, Vocabulary of Philosophy
  3. (obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
    • This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

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Questions about sensibles

What is sensibles the plural of?
Sensibles is the plural of sensible.

Words near sensibles in the dictionary

  1. sensibilizers
  2. sensibilizes
  3. sensibilizing
  4. sensible
  5. sensibleness
  6. sensibles
  7. sensiblest
  8. sensibly
  9. sensical
  10. sensically
  11. sensie

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