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percipient

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per⋅cip⋅i⋅ent

  [per-sip-ee-uhnt]
Use percipient in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1655–65; < L percipient- (s. of percipiēns) prp. of percipere to take in, equiv. to per- per- + -cipi- comb. form of pres. s. of capere to take + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
per⋅cip⋅i⋅ence, per⋅cip⋅i⋅en⋅cy, noun
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per·cip·i·ent   (pər-sĭp'ē-ənt)   
adj.  Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily.
n.  One that perceives.

[Latin percipiēns, percipient-, present participle of percipere, to perceive; see perceive.]
per·cip'i·ence, per·cip'i·en·cy n.
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