Sensate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɛn.seɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sensate is an adjective meaning Perceived by one or more of the senses.
Meaning
Perceived by one or more of the senses.
More Meanings
- Having the ability to sense things physically.
- Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
- (transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.
Example Sentences
to sensate light, or an odour
To say that Volitions which are acts of the Intellectual Soul must be sensate, and so make a Species on the phantasie, as sensate things do
Mendicant was able to postpone its inevitable annihilation for [106:S] with its attempt to flee. But the last of its core vessels hangs before me now; crippled and defeated but still sensate.
Word Forms
- sensates
- sensating
- sensated
Synonyms for sensate
Depending on context, synonyms include sentient.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sentient, feeling, materialistic, felt, psychosensorial, cosentient.
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