See Also: perceive(medicine)
perceive(dictionary)
perceive(dictionary)

perceive (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: perceivre, from Latin percipere]
written to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way
-see also perception perception perceive sth/sb as sth
::Even as a young woman she had been perceived as a future chief executive.
perceive sth/sb to be sth
::Often what is perceived to be aggression is simply fear.
::Children who do badly in school tests often perceive themselves to be failures.
formal to notice, see, or recognize something
-see also perceptive perceptive
::That morning, he perceived a change in Franca's mood.
::Cats are not able to perceive colour.
perceive that
::He perceived that there was no other way out of the crisis.