- (n.) One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
- (a.) Having a faculty or faculties, of sensation and perception. specifically (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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