perceive
verb (used with object)
to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses.
perceiver
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a word derived from
perceive.
Example Sentences
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She was her own best perceiver, so I have to trust her on that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
Primary qualities of an object, such as solidity and occupancy of space, exist independently of a perceiver.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 27, 2019
Beauty is a dialogue between perceiver and perceived.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2019
Is it always a property of whatever is unperceived, or can it be a limitation of the would-be perceiver?
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2015
Aristotle was thus interpreted by philosophers as grounding knowledge in sensation, and sensation was reinterpreted as knowledge of a reality external to the perceiver.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
