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apperceive

apperceive verb: to perceive.

Verb

apperceive (third-person singular simple present apperceives, present participle apperceiving, simple past and past participle apperceived)

  1. (obsolete) 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.

Forms of apperceive

third-person singular presentapperceives
present participleapperceiving
past participleapperceived
pastapperceived

Origin of apperceive

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

Words formed from apperceive

Questions about apperceive

What does apperceive mean?
Apperceive means to perceive.
What part of speech is apperceive?
Apperceive is a verb.
What is the past tense of apperceive?
The past tense of apperceive is apperceived.

Words near apperceive in the dictionary

  1. Appenzell Inner Rhodes
  2. Appenzell Innerrhoden
  3. Appenzell Outer Rhodes
  4. appenzeller
  5. Appenzellers
  6. apperceive
  7. apperceived
  8. apperceives
  9. apperceiving
  10. apperception
  11. apperceptions

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