perceive

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1. Latin · derived frompercipiō
2. Old French · derived frompercevoir
3. Middle English · inherited fromperceyven
4. English todayperceive

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.

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