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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