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percipient

American  
[per-sip-ee-uhnt] / pərˈsɪp i ənt /

adjective

  1. perceiving or capable of perceiving.

  2. having perception; discerning; discriminating.

    a percipient choice of wines.

noun

  1. a person or thing that perceives.

percipient British  
/ pəˈsɪpɪənt /

adjective

  1. able to perceive

  2. perceptive

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person or thing that perceives

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Etymology

Origin of percipient

1655–65; < Latin percipient- (stem of percipiēns ) present participle of percipere to take in, equivalent to per- per- + -cipi- combining form of present stem of capere to take + -ent- -ent

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Percipient not much interested, nor at all anxious.

From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew

Percipient, per-sip′i-ent, adj. perceiving: having the faculty of perception.—n. one who perceives or who has the power of perceiving.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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