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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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