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Perceive

//pəˈsiːv// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand. transitive

    "Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge."

  2. 2
    become conscious of wordnet
  3. 3
    To interpret something in a particular way.

    "John was perceived to be a coward by his comrades"

  4. 4
    to become aware of through the senses wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English perceyven, borrowed from Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Latin percipiō, past participle perceptus (“take hold of, obtain, receive, observe”), from per (“by, through”) + capiō (“to take”); see capable. Compare conceive, deceive, receive.

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