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percipient
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun percipient has 1 sense
- percipient(n = noun.person) beholder, observer, perceiver - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: eyeglass wearer, discoverer, finder, spotter, attender, auditor, hearer, listener, audile, motile, noticer, seer, looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness, visualiser, visualizer, informant, witness, witnesser
Adjective percipient has 1 sense
- percipient(s = adj.all) clear - characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author" Derived form verb perceive2
CIDE DICTIONARY
percipient, a. [L. percipiens, -entis, p. pr. of percipere. See Perceive.].
Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
percipient, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 able to perceive; conscious.
2 discerning; observant.
--n. a person who perceives, esp. something outside the range of the senses.
--adj.
1 able to perceive; conscious.
2 discerning; observant.
--n. a person who perceives, esp. something outside the range of the senses.
Derivative
percipience n. percipiently adv.
Etymology
L (as PERCEIVE)
THESAURUS
percipient
acute, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute, aware, cogent, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, discerning, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, incisive, insightful, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mindful, omniscient, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, prehensile, provident, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, trenchant, understanding, wise
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