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per·ceive

(pər-sēv′)

tr.v. per·ceived, per·ceiv·ing, per·ceives

a. To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing: We could perceive three figures in the fog.

b. To cause or allow the mind to become aware of (a stimulus): The ear perceives sounds.

2. To achieve understanding of; apprehend: Einstein perceived that energy and matter are equivalent. See Synonyms at see¹.

3. To regard or consider; deem: an old technology that is still perceived as useful; a politician who is perceived to be a dissembler.

[Middle English perceiven, from Old French perceivre, from Latin percipere : per-, per- + capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

per·ceiv′a·ble adj.

per·ceiv′a·bly adv.

per·ceiv′er n.

perceived

(pəˈsiːvd)

adj

observed: the perceived threat of nuclear weapons.

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Adj.	1.	perceived - detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; "the felt presence of an intruder"; "a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms"; "a perceived threat" sensed detected - perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic material"
	2.	perceived - detected by means of the senses; "a perceived difference in temperature" detected - perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic material"

Translations

perceived

adj danger → empfunden; need → erkannt; failure, success → wahrnehmbar

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We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.

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While he was taken up with these vagaries, then, the time and the hour- an unlucky one for him- arrived for the Asturian to come, who in her smock, with bare feet and her hair gathered into a fustian coif, with noiseless and cautious steps entered the chamber where the three were quartered, in quest of the carrier; but scarcely had she gained the door when Don Quixote perceived her, and sitting up in his bed in spite of his plasters and the pain of his ribs, he stretched out his arms to receive his beauteous damsel.

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Directly I perceived him I could see that he was the man for the situation.

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D'Artagnan, walking and soliloquizing, had arrived within a few steps of the hotel d'Arguillon and in front of that hotel perceived Aramis, chatting gaily with three gentlemen; but as he had not forgotten that it was in presence of this young man that M.

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As soon as he perceived me, supposing that I sought him in his professional capacity, he seized hold of me in a paroxysm of delight, and was an eagerness to begin the work.

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Very soon, a strong suffocating odor assailed my nostrils; the house, I clearly perceived, was on fire.

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Thus I perceived that doubt, inconstancy, sadness, and such like, could not be found in God, since I myself would have been happy to be free from them.

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With equal readiness will it be perceived, that besides these inducements to candor, many allowances ought to be made for the difficulties inherent in the very nature of the undertaking referred to the convention.

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From the moment he perceived them he did not cease to look at them and seemed to burn with the wish to speak to them.

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Madame glanced at the Comte de Guiche, and perceived that his face was burning with confusion.

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Our terror at beholding this hideous thing was very great, but it was even surpassed by our astonishment, when upon getting a nearer look, we perceived upon the creature's back a vast number of animals about the size and shape of men, and altogether much resembling them, except that they wore no garments (as men do), being supplied (by nature, no doubt) with an ugly uncomfortable covering, a good deal like cloth, but fitting so tight to the skin, as to render the poor wretches laughably awkward, and put them apparently to severe pain.

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But scarcely had his joyous servants dressed their master, whom they saw with pleasure preparing for a journey which might dissipate his melancholy; scarcely had the comte's gentlest horse been saddled and brought to the door, when the father of Raoul felt his head become confused, his legs give way, and he clearly perceived the impossibility of going one step further.