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[ verb ] to become aware of through the senses
Synonyms Examples "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)By the same means he perceives this fact as having communicated itself to the audience ; he collapses , and dies . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)If the patient can perceive figure kinesthetically when he cannot perceive it visually , then , it would seem , the sense_of_touch has immediate contact with the spatial aspects of things in_independence_of visual representations , at_least in regard_to two dimensions , and , as we shall see , even this much spatial awareness on_the_part_of unaided touch is denied by the authors . If the patient can perceive figure kinesthetically when he cannot perceive it visually , then , it would seem , the sense_of_touch has immediate contact with the spatial aspects of things in_independence_of visual representations , at_least in regard_to two dimensions , and , as we shall see , even this much spatial awareness on_the_part_of unaided touch is denied by the authors . The authors set_about answering this fundamental question through a detailed investigation of the patient 's ability , tactually , ( 1 ) to perceive figure and ( 2 ) to locate objects in space , with his eyes closed ( or turned_away from the object concerned ) . Related terms see hear feel listen pick_up smell catch find dream touch sight taste hurt misperceive see_through divine hallucinate apperceive comprehension sensing |
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[ verb ] become conscious of
Examples "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" Related terms |
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