sensate
[ sen-seyt ]
adjective
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
Origin of sensate
1Other words from sensate
- sen·sate·ly, adverb
- non·sen·sate, adjective
- un·sen·sate, adjective
Words Nearby sensate
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How to use sensate in a sentence
He was hardly more sensate in his progress than a nail drawn irresistibly by a magnet.
The Happy End | Joseph HergesheimerIts long, funnel-shaped form dipped and lifted, trailing back and forth like some sensate thing.
Winning the Wilderness | Margaret Hill McCarterIt is the declamation, when the model is alive or sensate; it is the tone, when the model is insensate.
British Dictionary definitions for sensate
sensate
/ (ˈsɛnseɪt) /
adjective
perceived by the senses
obsolete having the power of sensation
Origin of sensate
1C16: from Late Latin sensātus endowed with sense, from Latin sensus sense
Derived forms of sensate
- sensately, adverb
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