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sensate

  • /ˈsɛn.seɪt/

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From Middle English sensat, from Late Latin sensatus (“able to sense”), from sensus (“sense”).

adjective more sensate · most sensate

  1. Perceived by one or more of the senses.
  2. Having the ability to sense things physically. 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.
  3. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. 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

verb sensates · sensating · sensated

  1. transitive To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive. to sensate light, or an odour

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@misc{sensate_2026,
  title = {sensate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sensate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}