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apperceive
[ ap-er-seev ]
verb (used with object)
- to have conscious perception of; comprehend.
- to comprehend (a new idea) by assimilation with the sum of one's previous knowledge and experience.
apperceive
/ ˌæpəˈsiːv /
verb
- to be aware of perceiving
- psychol to comprehend by assimilating (a perception) to ideas already in the mind
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Other Words From
- unap·per·ceived adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apperceive1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apperceive1
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Example Sentences
Spirits say they know such by their coldness, and that when they apperceive the cold they depart from them.
In this manner we accept the forms imposed upon us by utility, and train ourselves to apperceive their potential beauty.
Then the queen departed into her chamber so that no man should apperceive her great sorrows.
The housewife may apperceive old rags as something to be thrown away; a ragpicker, as something to be gathered up.
From my perception, then, of hoof or sound I apperceive cow.
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