- (v.t.) One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line or surface.
- (v.t.) That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
- (v.t.) Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true or reasonable; rational meaning.
- (v.t.) Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
- (v.t.) Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
- (v.t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
- (v.t.) A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
- (v.t.) Moral perception or appreciation.
- (v.t.) To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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