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Sentient

Sentient Meaning & Definition
Sentient Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sentient?

[adj] consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
[adj] endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sentient: animate | conscious | sensate

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Sentient In Webster's Dictionary

\Sen"ti*ent\, a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See {Sense}.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
\Sen"ti*ent\, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

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