percipient

[ per-sip-ee-uhnt ]

adjective

1. perceiving or capable of perceiving.
2. having perception; discerning; discriminating:

   a percipient choice of wines.

noun

1. a person or thing that perceives.

percipient

/ pəˈsɪpɪənt /

adjective

1. able to perceive
2. perceptive

noun

1. a person or thing that perceives

Derived Forms

• perˈcipience, noun
• perˈcipiently, adverb

Other Words From

• per·cipi·ence per·cipi·en·cy noun
• nonper·cipi·ence noun
• nonper·cipi·en·cy noun
• nonper·cipi·ent adjective
• unper·cipi·ent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of percipient¹

1655–65; < Latin percipient- (stem of percipiēns ) present participle of percipere to take in, equivalent to per- per- + -cipi- combining form of present stem of capere to take + -ent- -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of percipient¹

C17: from Latin percipiens observing, from percipere to grasp; see perceive

Example Sentences

Percipient, per-sip′i-ent, adj. perceiving: having the faculty of perception.

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Because, he says, to exist is to be perceived, and therefore for the universe to exist implies a universal Percipient.

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In these experiments with objects, the percipient was blindfolded and the object moreover was kept out of range of vision.

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Hallucination decided upon before going to sleep was produced—the percipient awake and in normal condition.

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Both agent and percipient awake and normal—hallucination produced at a distance of four hundred miles.

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