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perception
Part of Speech: noun
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            1.                                           The                                                         act                                                         of                                                         perceiving;                                                         cognizance                                                         by                                                         the                                                           senses                                                         or                                                         intellect;                                                           apperhension                                                         by                                                         the                                                         bodily                                                           organs,                                                         or                                                         by                                                         the                                                         mind,                                                         of                                                         what                                                         is                                                           presented                                                         to                                                         them;                                                         discernment;                                                           apperhension;                                                         cognition.                                    

            2.                                           The                                                         quality,                                                         state,                                                         or                                                         capability,                                                         of                                                         being                                                         affected                                                         by                                                           something                                                         external;                                                         sensation;                                                         sensibility.                                    

            3.                                           An                                                         idea;                                                           a                                                         notion.                                    

            4.                                           The                                                         faculty                                                         of                                                         perceiving;                                                         the                                                         faculty,                                                         or                                                         peculiar                                                         part,                                                         of                                                           man's                                                           constitution                                                         by                                                         which                                                         he                                                         has                                                         knowledge                                                         through                                                         the                                                         medium                                                         or                                                         instrumentality                                                         of                                                         the                                                         bodily                                                           organs;                                                         the                                                         act                                                         of                                                           apperhending                                                         material                                                           objects                                                         or                                                         qualities                                                         through                                                         the                                                           senses; --                                                         distinguished                                                         from                                                           conception.
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