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percipient
CIDE DICTIONARY
percipient, a. [L. percipiens, -entis, p. pr. of percipere. See Perceive.].
Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
percipient, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 able to perceive; conscious.
2 discerning; observant.
--n. a person who perceives, esp. something outside the range of the senses.
--adj.
1 able to perceive; conscious.
2 discerning; observant.
--n. a person who perceives, esp. something outside the range of the senses.
Derivative
percipience n. percipiently adv.
Etymology
L (as PERCEIVE)
THESAURUS
percipient
acute, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute, aware, cogent, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, discerning, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, incisive, insightful, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mindful, omniscient, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, prehensile, provident, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, trenchant, understanding, wiseFor further exploring for "percipient" in Webster Dictionary Online
