Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AP-PRE-HEN'SIVE, a.

1. Quick to understand; as, an apprehensive scholar. – Holder. South.
2. Fearful; in expectation of evil; as, we were apprehensive of fatal consequences. [This is the usual sense of the word.]
3. Suspicious; inclined to believe; as, I am apprehensive he does not understand me.
4. Sensible feeling perceptive. [Rarely used.] Milton.