perceive, parceyve, perceyve, perseyve

t. & i. [O. Fr. percever (Fr. apercevoir ), from Lat. percipio = to perceive; from per = through, thoroughly, and capio to receive; Sp. percebir, percibir; Port. perceber; O. Ital. per cipere.] A. Transitive : 1. To have or receive knowledge or cognizance of by the senses; to observe, apprehend, or discover by the organs of sense, or by some sensible effects. "Consider, When you above perceive me like a crow, That it is place which le ens and sets off." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iii. & 2. To apprehend by the mind; to take intellectual cognizance of; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to see, to note, to discern, to understand. "Jesus perceived their wickedne ."- Matt. xxii. 18. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, põt, IMG:content-0870.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0871.png:[blocks in formation] B. In trans.: To understand; to observe, to apprehend.