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apperceive
[ ap-er-seev ]
verb (used with object)
, Psychology.
, ap·per·ceived, ap·per·ceiv·ing.
- 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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- 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
C19: from Old French aperceveir, from Latin percipere to perceive
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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.
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In this manner we accept the forms imposed upon us by utility, and train ourselves to apperceive their potential beauty.
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Then the queen departed into her chamber so that no man should apperceive her great sorrows.
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The housewife may apperceive old rags as something to be thrown away; a ragpicker, as something to be gathered up.
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From my perception, then, of hoof or sound I apperceive cow.
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