percipience
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Percipience — Per*cip i*ence, Percipiency Per*cip i*en*cy, n. The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
percipience — index cognition, insight, judgment (discernment), knowledge (awareness), perception, sagacity … Law dictionary
percipience — c.1770, from L. percipientem, prp. of percipere (see PERCEIVE (Cf. perceive)) … Etymology dictionary
percipience — noun a) perception 1891 She lay in a state of percipience without volition, and the rustle of the straw and the cutting of the ears by the others had the weight of bodily touches. Thomas Hardy, [ … Wiktionary
percipience — percipient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having a perceptive understanding. ► NOUN ▪ (especially in philosophy or with reference to psychic phenomena) a person who is able to perceive things. DERIVATIVES percipience noun percipiently adverb … English terms dictionary
percipience — noun Date: circa 1774 perception 4 … New Collegiate Dictionary
percipience — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, astuteness, clear sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness,… … English dictionary for students
percipience — per·cip·i·ence || pÉ™r sɪpɪəns /pÉ™ n. perception, understanding; comprehension, insight … English contemporary dictionary
percipience — n discernment, insight, intuition, comprehension, understanding, perception; shrewdness, long headedness, astuteness, judgment; awareness, cognizance, alertness, acuteness, keenness, acumen, sharpness; intelligence, smartness, Sl. smarts, sense,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
percipience — per·cip·i·ence … English syllables
