well perceived

verb (used with object), per·ceived, per·ceiv·ing.

to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.

to recognize, discern, envision, or understand: I perceive a note of sarcasm in your voice. This is a nice idea but I perceive difficulties in putting it into practice.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English perceiven < Anglo-French *perceivre, for perçoivre < Latin percipere to lay hold of, grasp, equivalent to per- per- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take

Related forms

per·ceiv·ed·ly

[per-see-vid-lee, -seevd-] , adverb

per·ceiv·ed·ness, noun

per·ceiv·er, noun

per·ceiv·ing·ness, noun

non·per·ceiv·ing, adjective

re·per·ceive, verb (used with object), re·per·ceived, re·per·ceiv·ing.

self-per·ceiv·ing, adjective

un·per·ceived, adjective

un·per·ceiv·ing, adjective

well-per·ceived, adjective

Synonyms
1. note, discover, observe, descry, distinguish. See notice.

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World English Dictionary

perceive (pəˈsiːv)

—vb
1.	to become aware of (something) through the senses, esp the sight; recognize or observe
2.	(tr; may take a clause as object) to come to comprehend; grasp

[C13: from Old French perçoivre, from Latin percipere seize entirely, from per- (thoroughly) + capere to grasp]

per'ceivable

—*adj*

perceiva'bility

—n

per'ceivably

—*adv*

per'ceiver

—n

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Word Origin & History

perceive

c.1300, via Anglo-Fr. parceif, O.N.Fr. *perceivre, O.Fr. perçoivre, from L. percipere "obtain, gather," also, metaphorically, "to grasp with the mind," lit. "to take entirely," from per "thoroughly" + capere "to grasp, take" (see capable). Replaced O.E. ongietan.

Both the L. senses were in O.Fr., though the primary sense of Mod.Fr. percevoir is literal, "to receive, collect" (rents, taxes, etc.), while Eng. uses the word almost always in the metaphorical sense.

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Medical Dictionary

perceive per·ceive (pər-sēv')
v. per·ceived, per·ceiv·ing, per·ceives

To become aware of directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing.
To achieve understanding of; apprehend.

per·ceiv'a·ble adj.
per·ceiv'a·bly adv.
per·ceiv'er n.

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"Speech is after all only a system of gestures, having the peculiarity that each gesture produces a characteristic sound, so that it can be perceived through the ear as well as through the eye. Listening to a speaker instead of looking at him tends to make us think of speech as essentially a system of sounds; but it is not; essentially it is a system of gestures made with the lungs and larynx, and the cavities of the mouth and nose. We get still farther away from the fundamental facts about speech when we think of it as something that can be written and read, forgetting that what writing, in our clumsy notations, can represent is only a small part of the spoken sound, where pitch and stress, tempo and rhythm, are almost entirely ignored. But even a writer or reader, unless the words are to fall flat or meaningless, must speak them soundlessly to himself. The written or printed book is only a series of hints, as elliptical as the neumes of Byzantine music, from which the reader thus works out for himself the speech-gestures which alone have the gift of expression."

-R.G. Collingwood

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