Word Study
sensate
CIDE DICTIONARY
sensate, v. t. [See Sensated.].
To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor. [1913 Webster]
"As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye." [1913 Webster]
sensate, a. [L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.].
Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. Baxter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sensate, adj. perceived by the senses.
Etymology
LL sensatus having senses (as SENSE)
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