perceive
verbEtymology
From Middle English perceyven, borrowed from Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Latin percipiō, past participle perceptus (“take hold of, obtain, receive, observe”), from per (“by, through”) + capiō (“to take”); see capable. Compare conceive, deceive, receive.
Definitions
To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see
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.
- Morton was in fearful time pressure and at first did not realize he was mated. He snatched up his King and swung it around wildly, finally perceiving that there was no square for the critter,
- Then our first effort must be to identify the actual words. Only after recognizing them individually can we begin to try to understand them, to struggle with perceiving what they mean.
To interpret something in a particular way.
- John was perceived to be a coward by his comrades
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at perceive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at perceive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at perceive
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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