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   percipient

   /pəˈsɪpɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. having good insight or understanding; perceptive: "he is a percipient interpreter of the public mood"

   noun

   • 1. (especially in philosophy or with reference to psychic phenomena) a person who is able to perceive things.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin percipient- ‘seizing, understanding’, from the verb percipere.

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   • 1. percipiently adverb

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   What does percipient mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PERCIPIENT definition: 1. good at noticing and understanding things 2. good at noticing and understanding things. Learn more.

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   What does perceiving mean?

   • perceiving or capable of perceiving. a percipient choice of wines. a person or thing that perceives. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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   Where did the word percipient come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word percipient is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for percipient is from 1659, in the writing of Henry More, philosopher, poet, and theologian. percipient is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin percipient-, percipiēns.

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   What does percipere mean?

   • From per- ("through") + capiō ("capture, seize; understand"). Note there is an old form percēpset for percēpisset . Hominibus gravis est statisticam percipere. Esse est percipi vel percipere. There are no notes for this entry. WordSense Dictionary: percipere - ✔ meaning, ✔ definition.

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   What is the difference between hallucination and a percipient?

   • In these experiments with objects, the percipient was blindfolded and the object moreover was kept out of range of vision. Hallucination decided upon before going to sleep was produced—the percipient awake and in normal condition. Both agent and percipient awake and normal—hallucination produced at a distance of four hundred miles.

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   What is the difference between percipient awake and normal hallucination?

   • Hallucination decided upon before going to sleep was produced—the percipient awake and in normal condition. Both agent and percipient awake and normal—hallucination produced at a distance of four hundred miles. Percipient definition: perceiving or capable of perceiving. .

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     PERCIPIENT translate: 目光敏銳的;洞察力強的. Learn more in the...

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     PERCHANCE definition: 1. by chance; possibly: 2. by chance;...

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   Percipient means perceiving or capable of perceiving, or a person or thing that perceives. Learn the word history, usage and examples of percipient from Dictionary.com.

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   Percipient means able to perceive, perceptive, or a person or thing that perceives. See the word origin, synonyms, examples, and related terms of percipient.

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   Percipient is a noun and adjective that means a person who perceives or understands something. It comes from Latin percipient-, percipiēns, and has been used in philosophy and parapsychology since the mid 1600s.

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   Percipient is a noun meaning one that perceives or a person on whose mind a telepathic impulse or message is held to fall. It is also an adjective meaning capable of or characterized by perception.

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   characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving. “a percipient author”. synonyms: clear. discerning. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. noun. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. synonyms: beholder, observer, perceiver. see more.

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