Apperceive

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To perceive. obsolete
  2. 2
    perceive in terms of a past experience wordnet
  3. 3
    To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.

Synonyms

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assimilatecomprehendinterpretperceive

Etymology

From Middle English aperceiven, from Old French aperceveir, apercevoir, from Late Latin *appercipiō, from ad- + percipiō.

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