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sensate
[ sen-seyt ]
sensate
/ ˈsɛnseɪt /
adjective
- perceived by the senses
- obsolete.having the power of sensation
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Derived Forms
- ˈsensately, adverb
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Other Words From
- sensate·ly adverb
- non·sensate adjective
- un·sensate adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sensate1
C16: from Late Latin sensātus endowed with sense, from Latin sensus sense
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Example Sentences
He was hardly more sensate in his progress than a nail drawn irresistibly by a magnet.
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Its long, funnel-shaped form dipped and lifted, trailing back and forth like some sensate thing.
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It is the declamation, when the model is alive or sensate; it is the tone, when the model is insensate.
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