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per·ceive (pər sēv′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb perceived -·ceived′, perceiving -·ceiv′·ing

  1. to grasp mentally; take note (of); observe
  2. to become aware (of) through one of the senses, esp. through sight

Etymology: ME perceyven < OFr perceivre < L percipere, to take hold of, feel, comprehend < per, through + capere, to take: see have

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perceive

v.

  1. See

    observe, note, notice, discern; see discern, look 2, regard 1, see 1.

  2. Understand

    comprehend, sense, grasp; see distinguish 1, learn 1, recognize 1, understand 1. See syn. study at discern.


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perceive Usage Examples

Object

  • shortcoming: Do you perceive shortcomings with the existing rules on access to documents?

Modifying Another Word

  • wrongly: Some teachers are insufficiently sensitive and can underestimate a childâs intellectual abilities or wrongly perceive a child as lazy.

Used with why or when

  • what: This tendency to perceive what one wants to see can be traced to several factors.

Infinitive complement

  • exist: Students should be asked what barriers they perceive to exist, and how they believe the department can reduce or remove them.

Preposition: by

  • listener: To increase the level of reality and immersion perceived by the listener.
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All other parts remaining as they were, And they, so perfect in their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before And all their friends, and native home forget To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.

-Milton,John

De natura Rationis est, res sub quadam aeternitatis specie percipere. It is the nature of reason to perceive things under a certain species of eternity.

-Spinoza, Baruch also known as Benedict de Spinoza

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