Meanings
verbapperceive (third-person singular simple present apperceives, present participle apperceiving, simple past and past participle apperceived)
present singular third person apperceives · participle present apperceiving · participle past apperceived · past apperceived
- obsoleteTo perceive.
- human sciencesTo be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.
Origin
- Late Latin*appercipiō
- Old Frenchaperceveir
- Middle Englishaperceiven
- Englishapperceive
From Middle English aperceiven, from Old French aperceveir, apercevoir, from Late Latin *appercipiō, from ad- + percipiō.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish apercepcja
- apercepcjato be aware of perceiving
Portuguese aperceber
- aperceberto be aware of perceiving
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