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perceptivity|pɜːsɛpˈtɪvɪtɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ity.]
= prec.
1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxi. §73 Perceptivity, or the Power of Perception, or Thinking; Motivity, or the Power of Moving;..I crave leave to make use of these two new Words. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 460, I may believe myself a conscient, not a consciousness;..nor a perceptivity, but a perceptive spirit. 1809Edin. Rev. XV. 127 Dr. Walker adduces this fact in proof of the perceptivity of plants. 1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. xxiv. 237 She impaneled a jury of her own clear, strong perceptivities. |