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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is perceived.

   "To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of perceive form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

conscioussensitive

Example

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"It is not possible to conceive without perceiving."

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