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Synonyms for perceiving
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : per-seev |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsiv |
Définition of perceiving
Origin :- c.1300, via Anglo-French parceif, Old North French *perceivre (Old French perçoivre) "perceive, notice, see; recognize, understand," from Latin percipere "obtain, gather, seize entirely, take possession of," also, figuratively, "to grasp with the mind, learn, comprehend," literally "to take entirely," from per "thoroughly" (see per) + capere "to grasp, take" (see capable).
- Replaced Old English ongietan. Both the Latin senses were in Old French, though the primary sense of Modern French percevoir is literal, "to receive, collect" (rents, taxes, etc.), while English uses the word almost always in the metaphorical sense. Related: Perceived; perceiving.
- adj alert
- Perceiving a stranger in the wagon she paused, with a look of embarrassment.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- He has been denied the gift—so precious to an artist—of perceiving the ideal.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- Then, on perceiving Hyacinthe, she took possession of him and carried him off into a corner.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I said, perceiving, however, the hold I had by my further quotation given him.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment.
- Extract from : « War is Kind » by Stephen Crane
- Madame d'Armagnac, perceiving it, spoke to her upon the subject.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- He was not long in perceiving it; but love was too strong for him.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- And at that moment, perceiving Claude, he darted forward and forcibly dragged him off.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Each of them turned icy cold, on perceiving that both had the same thought.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- Then, perceiving the bit of shoulder, he bent down quivering, to press his lips to it.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
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