perceptIve

[Fr. percept if, from Lat. per ceptus, pa. par. of percipio =to perceive (q. v.); Sp. perceptivo.] 1. Pertaining or relating to perception, or the power of perceiving. 2. Having the power, faculty, or quality of perceiving. "To pour the large of perceptive sense, Sense to perceive, to feel, to find, to know, That we enjoy."-Brooke: Universal Beauty, iv. per-çěp-tivi-1-tě, s. [Eng. perceptiv(e); -ity.] The quality or state of being perceptive; the power or faculty of perception. "Perceptivity, then, however it may be produced, is that which constitutes an e ential difference between an oyster and a tree."-Anecdotes of Bp. Watson , i. 26. pērch (1), *perche (1), s . [Fr. perche , from Lat. perca , Greek perke a perch, from its dark color; perkos , perknos =spotted, blackish; Span. & Ital. perca.] Ichthy.: Perca flu via til is , the River Perch. The upper part of the body is of a warm, greenish-brown tint, becoming golden on the sides, and white on the belly; there are always broad, vertical, dark bands pa ing down the sides. The perch is generally distributed over this country, Europe, and Northern Asia, frequenting still waters, and sometimes descending into brackish waters. Perch feed on smaller fish, insects, and worms. The female deposits her eggs, united by a viscous matter, in long bands, on aquatic plants. The great lakes in the United States abound in perch. IMG:content-0872.png:[blocks in formation] a rod, a pole. 3. Vehicles : A pole connecting the fore and hind gears of a spring-carriage. It has lateral strength ening-bars, called hind-hounds, in a wagon. It is strengthened on the under side by the perch-plate. The strap pa es from the perch to the foot of the kingbolt. *1. To tip over the perch : To die. 2. To come off the perch : To abate the exaggeration of a statement; to subside in extravagance, ( U. S. Slang . )