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adjective
1.
perceiving or capable of perceiving.
2.
having perception; discerning; discriminating: a percipient choice of wines.
noun
3.
a person or thing that perceives.
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Percipience
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Origin:
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
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
Related forms
per·cip·i·ence, per·cip·i·en·cy, noun
non·per·cip·i·ence, noun
non·per·cip·i·en·cy, noun
non·per·cip·i·ent, adjective
un·per·cip·i·ent, adjective
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