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

PERCEIVER.

Usage examples for perceive:

• 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