apperceive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To perceive.
  2. To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.

Word forms

apperceive apperceives apperceiving apperceived

Etymology

From Middle English aperceiven, from Old French aperceveir, apercevoir, from Late Latin *appercipiō, from ad- + percipiō.

Related words

Derived words

apperceiving mass unapperceived
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