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percieve

percieve is the misspelling of perceive.

Meaning of perceive

Verb

perceive (third-person singular simple present perceives, present participle perceiving, simple past and past participle perceived)

  1. (transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
    • Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 14:7
  2. To interpret something in a particular way.
    • John was perceived to be a coward by his comrades

Forms of percieve

third-person singular presentpercieves
present participlepercieving
past participlepercieved
pastpercieved

Questions about percieve

What is percieve the misspelling of?
Percieve is the misspelling of perceive.

Words near percieve in the dictionary

  1. percichthyid
  2. percichthyids
  3. percid
  4. percids
  5. percies
  6. percieve
  7. percieved
  8. percieves
  9. percieving
  10. perciform
  11. perciforms

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