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perceiverance

perceiverance noun: perception, awareness.

Noun

perceiverance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Perception, awareness.
    • But, as (by degrees) Number did come to our perceiuerance: So, by visible formes, we are holpen to imagine, what our Line Mathematicall, is.1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface

Origin of perceiverance

Apparently from perceiver + -ance, perhaps after perseverance. Compare later perceivance.

Questions about perceiverance

What does perceiverance mean?
Perceiverance means perception, awareness.
What part of speech is perceiverance?
Perceiverance is a noun.

Words near perceiverance in the dictionary

  1. perceived temperature
  2. perceived temperatures
  3. perceivedly
  4. perceivedness
  5. perceiver
  6. perceiverance
  7. perceivers
  8. perceives
  9. perceivest
  10. perceiveth
  11. perceiving

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