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perceive
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perceive \Per*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perceived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perceiving .] [OF. percevoir, perceveir, L. percipere, perceptum; per (see Per- ) + capere to take, receive. See Capacious , and cf. Perception .] To obtain knowledge of through the ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ And - because this is not the same thing - which aspects of life do we perceive as zero or nonzero sum? ▪ Capitalism may be perceived as unfair, and needing reform, but it is also perceived as incapable of fundamental ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, via Anglo-French parceif , Old North French *perceivre (Old French perçoivre ) "perceive, notice, see; recognize, understand," from Latin percipere "obtain, gather, seize entirely, take possession of," also, figuratively, "to grasp with the mind, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" [syn: comprehend ] become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To see, to be aware of, to understand.
Usage examples of perceive.
It was useless to take them to task, to inform them that this behaviour instead of easing their plight only brought out the worst in their superiors and made them the butt of every perceived mistake aboard ship.
Are we to think that a being knowing itself must contain diversity, that self-knowledge can be affirmed only when some one phase of the self perceives other phases, and that therefore an absolutely simplex entity would be equally incapable of introversion and of self-awareness?
Often, the leaders and practitioners of absolutist religions were unable to perceive any middle ground or recognize that the truth might draw upon and embrace apparently contradictory doctrines.
I perceived that those who have confirmed themselves in favor of nature and of human prudence would not make the acknowledgment because the natural light flowing in from below would immediately extinguish the spiritual light flowing in from above.
He is not acoward for perceiving the true extent of the forces arrayed against us.
If the victim acquiesces, the sadistic offender may perceive her as an active participant in the assault.
For all who knew and loved him then perceived That there was drawn an adamantine veil Between his heart and mind,--both unrelieved Wrought in his brain and bosom separate strife.
It was also granted me to perceive that there issued from this enjoyment as from their fountainhead the enjoyments of evils of all kinds, such as adultery, revenge, fraud, slander, and evil-doing in general.
They know and perceive, therefore, that murder, adultery, theft and false witness are sins and accordingly shun them on that account.
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If the assemblage point aligns emanations inside the cocoon in a position different from its normal one, the human senses perceive in inconceivable ways.
These factors, however unconsciously perceived by the child, allect important developmental decisions.
From what he remembered of his past, he contemplated how his howlie senses would perceive his ancestral homeworld.
I was listening without answering one word, but, after all, I was listening, and De la Haye, perceiving his advantage, would not leave me, and ordered dinner.
In applying this reasoning to the earth, we perceive that a certain influence is due to the difference of temperature of the ethereal medium surrounding the earth, at perihelion and aphelion, being least at the former, and greatest at the latter.