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sen⋅sate

[sen-seyt]
–adjective
perceiving or perceived through the senses.

Origin:
1490–1500; < LL sēnsātus. See sense, -ate 1


sen⋅sate⋅ly, adverb
sen·sate   (sěn'sāt')   
adj.  
  1. Perceived by a sense or the senses.
  2. Having physical sensation.

[Middle English sensat, from Late Latin sēnsātus, gifted with sense, from Latin sēnsus, sense; see sense.]
sen'sate'ly adv.

Sensate

Sen"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sensating.] [See Sensated.] To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.

As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. --R. Hooke.

Sensate

Sen"sate\, Sensated \Sen"sa*ted\, a. [L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.] Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. [R.] --Baxter.

sensate sen·sate (sěn'sāt') or sen·sat·ed (-sā'tĭd)
adj.

  1. Perceived by a sense or the senses.
  2. Having physical sensation.

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