APPERCEIVE

apperceive

(verb) perceive in terms of a past experience

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

apperceive (third-person singular simple present apperceives, present participle apperceiving, simple past and past participle apperceived)

(obsolete) To perceive.

(psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.

Source: Wiktionary


Ap`per*ceive", v. t. Etym: [F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.]

Definition: To perceive; to comprehend. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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