percipient
[ per-sip-ee-uhnt ]
/ pərˈsɪp i ənt /
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adjective
perceiving or capable of perceiving.
having perception; discerning; discriminating: a percipient choice of wines.
noun
a person or thing that perceives.
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How to use percipient in a sentence
We consider indeed conditions for percipience, but only so far as those conditions are among the disclosures of perception.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North WhiteheadNothing can be more certain than that, apart from percipience, there is no matter that matters.
God and Mr. Wells|William ArcherOur suggestions were callous, monstrous, everything that could arise from earth-bound non-percipience of sacred things.
Jaffery|William J. LockeAnd we now come to other cases, where the percipience has been collective, although it has not been repeated.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers
British Dictionary definitions for percipient
percipient
/ (pəˈsɪpɪənt) /
adjective
able to perceive
perceptive
noun
a person or thing that perceives
Derived forms of percipient
percipience, nounpercipiently, adverbWord Origin for percipient
C17: from Latin percipiens observing, from percipere to grasp; see perceive
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