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percipient
UK /pəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ US /pɚˈsɪp.i.ənt/
adj 2noun 2
Collocations
3VERB + PERCIPIENT
want
PERCIPIENT + NOUN
glass
PREP.
on, than
Definitions
adj
1
Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
Fasting, yet not of want Percipient, he on that mysterious steed Had reach’d his resting-place, For expectation kept his nature up.
[...] he calls attention to the use of glasses […] The eye itself is no more percipient than the glass; is quite as much the instrument of the true self, and also as foreign to the true self, as the glass is.
2
Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, like a very young child.
noun
1
One who perceives something.
As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
2
One who has perceived a paranormal event.
In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.
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Fasting, yet not of want Percipient, he on that mysterious steed Had reach’d his resting-place, For expectation kept his nature up.
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[...] he calls attention to the use of glasses […] The eye itself is no more percipient than the glass; is quite as much the instrument of the true self, and also as foreign to the true self, as the g
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As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the stru
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In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.
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