SENSATE

sensate

(adjective) having physical sensation; “sensate creatures”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sensate (comparative more sensate, superlative most sensate)

Perceived by one or more of the senses.

Having the ability to sense things physically.

Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.

Verb

sensate (third-person singular simple present sensates, present participle sensating, simple past and past participle sensated)

(transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.

• R. Hooke

Anagrams

• Santees, entases, sateens, senates, tenases

Source: Wiktionary


Sen"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sensating.] Etym: [See Sensated.]

Definition: To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor. As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke.

Sen"sate, Sen"sa*ted, a. Etym: [L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.]

Definition: Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. [R.] Baxter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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