sensate
Americanadjective
adjective
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perceived by the senses
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obsolete having the power of sensation
Other Word Forms
- nonsensate adjective
- sensately adverb
- unsensate adjective
Etymology
Origin of sensate
From the Late Latin word sēnsātus, dating back to 1490–1500. See sense, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Find moments in your busy life to embrace the beauty of being a living, sentient, thoughtful, sensate organism.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
Those who took it would have been wide-eyed and exceptionally sensate when Hamas rockets began appearing in the sky.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2023
By that time, we know Lenin has not survived, and we know that this is less the story of a sensate apartment than it is the story of a ghost.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
“The whole goal is by the time she’s done with all this, it looks good, it’s sensate, and in five years if somebody doesn’t know her they won’t notice,” Dr. Johnson said.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2018
Her glorious black hair had not the dampness of death in it now, but was luxuriously sensate with renewed life and health and possible happiness.
From Eleven Possible Cases by Fyles, Franklin
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