sensifacient

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/ˌsɛnsɪˈfasiənt/

adjective

converting into sensation

OriginLatin sensus →
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Meanings

adjectivesensifacient (not comparable)
  1. not comparableconverting into sensation

    the epithelium may be said to be receptive , the nerve fibres transmissive , and the sensorium sensifacient

    1894, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley

Origin

  1. Latinsensus“sense”
  2. Englishsensifacient

From Latin sensus (“sense”) + facere (“to make”).

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Chicago

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