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imperceptive, a.|ɪmpəˈsɛptɪv|
[f. im-2 + perceptive.]
1. Not perceptive or perceiving; lacking perception; impercipient.
1661Rust Origen & Opin. in Phenix (1721) I. 51 That Congruity..is more deeply pitch'd in her imperceptive Powers. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 302 Not producible by any combination whatsoever of imperceptive and inactive ingredients. 1880Grant White Every-Day Eng. 87 Thus is the ear..habitually dull and imperceptive in regard to the utterance of the lips.
2. In pass. sense: Imperceptible. rare. (Cf. unexpressive in Shakes. and Milton.)
1876Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. (1877) 95 Like some fragrant scent in the air, which comes and goes..and rises and falls in imperceptive waves.
Hence imperˈceptiveness, impercepˈtivity, imperceptive quality or condition.
1662H. More Philos. Writ. Pref. Gen. 16 Whose Imperceptiveness is no more Obstacle to her natural and plastical Operations, then [etc.]. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus i. 165 The third objection touching the Imperceptivity of an extended Substance. |