sensiblenessn.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 77^v (MED) Medicene..in þe mouþ of þe stomac..toucheþ þe pacient partiez alonly in passyng, And wiþ þat þe sensiblenez [?c1425 Paris felynge; L. sensibilitas] of it repugnat to þe cure.

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. R j b Popie sede both taketh away the sensiblenes of the membres..and prouoketh to slepe.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 22/3 The yonge Chyrurgiane may knowe them by there sensiblenes, because they are verye dolorous and full of payne.

1656 W. Montagu tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman 124 Pain and sensiblenesse, are never in dead bodies.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. vi. 322 The sensibleness of the Eye renders it subject to pain.

1701 L. Smith Evid. Things not Seen 29 But for better Satisfaction sake, I will give these Questioners of the Soul's Sensibleness and Activity when Separated from the Body, some Light to conceive how it may be.

1557 A. Fleming Straunge & Terrible Wunder sig. Avi^v The sensiblenesse of the thing it self confirmeth it to be a trueth.

1600 G. W. Newes out of Cheshire New Found Well sig. D3 It exceeds all the rest as in heat, so in the sensiblenes or manifest apparance of phisicall or medicinable curing.

1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) i. viii. 21 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) This absurdity cannot be excused from the sensibleness of Matter sith the Atheist is forced to admit such things as fall not under Sense.

1709 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. v. 91 I speak this with respect to the real difference of the Effect in it self, and not as to the outward sensibleness of it to us.

1799 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. II. 173 The case of this pretended sensibleness of an object, which cannot be met with but in pure reason, is as follows.

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 193 Bronze..may, from the weight and sensibleness of its colour, do extremely well.

1926 Mind 35 45 In the sensibleness of appearances the nature of sentience appears truly.

1998 S. Knuuttila in J. A. Aertsen & A. Speer Was ist Philosophie im Mittelalter? 822 The parties thought that the sensibleness of things was actualized in the intuitive sensitive cognitions.

?1575 tr. H. Niclaes Epistolæ vi. ii. 81 One distincteth not the Things wherof he speaketh, with Sensiblenes of Woords, but speaketh them foorth only with Boasting and Pryde.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L1 Because with a playne sensiblenes, they might win credit of popular eares.

a1658 O. Sedgwick Anat. Secret Sins (1660) i. 32 He needs not to have his understanding to be informed by the sensiblenesse of speech, or the visibleness of acting.

1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqharin I. 88 The beauty of his face, and the sensibleness of his repartees.

1605 A. Wotton Answere Popish Pamphlet Ded. All that remaines is..to professe my sensiblenes of your great fauour.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 362 The fruit of these Falls is..a deeper sensibleness wherein their Security lies.

a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) II. 367 The first Step to Holiness and Felicity, is Sensibleness of our Sin and Misery.

1746 J. Edwards Treat. Relig. Affections iii. 221 With Respect to Person's Conviction or Sensibleness of their own Meanness and Vileness.

1817 Christian Disciple Nov. 344/1 Sensibleness of our own infirmities..should work in us a charitable opinion of poor erring creatures.

1849 Boston Investigator 2 May 1/5 Why is it that the people at large do not..rouse themselves to a sensibleness of their situation?

1968 R. Delattre Beauty & Sensibility in Thought J. Edwards iv. 91 A man may will what is good in itself not because of any direct sensibleness of the beauty that is in such a good but because of a rational judgment that it is beautiful or good.

1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Disc. of Spirits viii. 84 in Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman Wee are forced to wish the blinded men of our times a conscience of that vprightnesse and sensiblenesse, as the conscience of that accursed Arrius was.

1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks vi. 303 I don't pretend in the least to blame here the Sensibleness and Tenderness of Mens Hearts.

1742 J. Edwards Some Thoughts Revival Relig. New-Eng. i. 52 There has been a great Increase of Sensibleness and Tenderness of Conscience.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 234 Let faith subdue thy reason, and shew thee a reall sensiblenesse, savour and wisdome in all the matters of God.

1697 A. S. Husbandman, Farmer, & Grasier's Compl. Instructor 83 Much Wonder and Admiration, at the cunning and sensibleness of the Dog.

1776 L. Chambaud & J. B. Robinet New Dict. Eng. & French II. Sensibleness,..judgment, reasonableness.

1854 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 1 Mar. 342/1 Sensibleness..is a far rarer component of the human character than many people seem to imagine.

1858 Christian Treasury 14 248 From the sensibleness of her talk..you would fancy her to be twenty years of age.

1888 Spectator 15 Sept. 1246/2 That quality of sensibleness which has made him a valued member of Conservative Cabinets.

1918 Motor World 29 May 7/ Almost any man is willing to admit the justice and sensibleness of this contention.

1975 J. Horner Diary 16 Oct. in That Time of Year (1982) 100 The Putnams' cheerfulness and sensibleness also made me ashamed of my half-aesthetic self-pity.

2006 Independent 16 Feb. (Educ. section) 4/7 Almost everyone has been won over by the professionalism and sensibleness of the students.