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单词 perceivance
释义

perceivancen.

Brit. /pəˈsiːvns/, U.S. /pərˈsiv(ə)ns/
Forms: 1500s perceavaunce, 1600s– perceivance; English regional (East Anglian and Yorkshire) 1800s persavance, 1800s– persaivance, 1800s– persayvance, 1900s– persaivance, 1900s– perseyvance.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French percevance.
Etymology: Apparently < Middle French percevance (13th cent. in Old French; 1188 in por percevance for fear of being seen) < percevant perceivant adj. + -ance -ance suffix.
Now English regional (rare).
The capacity or action of perceiving; mental or physical perception; discernment, wisdom, understanding; awareness, sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun]
anyitOE
eyesightc1175
sightc1175
sentimentc1374
mindc1384
intentc1386
fantasyc1400
savoura1425
spiritsc1450
perceiverancea1500
perceiverationa1500
senses1528
perceivance1534
sense1553
kenc1560
mind-sight1587
knowledge1590
fancy1593
animadversion1596
cognition1651
awaring1674
perception1678
scan1838
apperception1848
perceivedness1871
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > action of perceiving
apperceivingc1386
perceiverancea1500
perceivance1534
embracement1599
apprehension1600
intuition1628
perception1762
apperception1848
external perceptiona1856
cognizing1862
perceptualization1936
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun]
sharpnessc897
yepshipc1000
insightc1175
yepleȝȝcc1175
yephedea1250
wit1297
fellnessa1382
policyc1440
discerningc1450
policec1450
inspectiona1527
perceivance1534
aptitude1548
sagacity1548
acuity?1549
nimbleness1561
acumen1579
seeing eye1579
esprit1591
acuteness1601
depth1605
penetration1605
knowingness1611
shrewdnessa1616
piercingnessa1628
discernment1646
sharpwittedness1647
nasuteness1660
arguteness1662
sagaciousness1678
perceptivity1700
keenness1707
cuteness1768
intuition1780
recollectedness1796
long-headedness1818
perceptiveness1823
kokum1848
incision1862
incisiveness1865
penetrativeness1873
flair1881
hard-boiledness1912
smart1964
spikiness1977
sus1979
1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Eph. i. 8 Which grace he shed on us aboundantly in all wisdome, and perceavaunce [1526 prudency, 1611 prudence].
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 50 His particular end in every man is, by the infliction of pain, dammage, and disgrace, that the senses and common perceivance might carry this message to the soul within.
1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 57 The Eye has no Perceivance of things but under Colours that are not in them.
1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits iii. 71 Then appear'd another also a Red, or Sandy spotted Dog, with Legs not so long as a Tiger, to our perceivance.
1757 J. Richardson Acct. Life J. Richardson 179 Such who are arrived to a great degree of hardness and insensibility, and so have little sense or perceivance of good.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) II. 249 ‘The boy is a dunce, and has no perceivance’.
1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 85 If the man..is occasionally the worse for drink, and not to be depended upon, they say he has no persayvance over hisself.
1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 86 Persaivance, sense, intelligence.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 94 I had no perceivance about it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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