Results for perceive
Definitions of perceive:
part of speech: verb transitive
To obtain knowledge through the senses: to see: to understand: to discern.
part of speech: verb
To have the knowledge of external objects through the medium of the senses; to observe; to know; to understand; to discover.
part of speech: verb transitive
To obtain knowledge of by the senses; to see; hear, feel, taste, or smell; discern.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for perceive:
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They also add, that he died in the same place, and that he is buried under a mountain which you perceive on the northern shore of lake Nipissing.
"Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)", James Athearn Jones -
We can perceive and do perceive that we ought to do a thing.
"Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant", Edward Moore -
Partly, no doubt, owing to her blindness, and partly to the effort that the Bishop always made to be bright and cheerful in the society of his " dear child Bessie," she did not perceive how seriously the burden of work and responsibility told upon him.
"Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind", Frances Martin -
Any one with ears to his head will perceive that we scorn things which are to be had for money.
"Walking-Stick Papers", Robert Cortes Holliday