sentientadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɛnʃnt/,

/ˈsɛnʃɪənt/,

/ˈsɛntɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(i)ənt/,

/ˈsɛn(t)iənt/

Etymology: < Latin sentient-em, present participle of sentīre to feel.

A. adj.

a. That feels or is capable of feeling; having the power or function of sensation or of perception by the senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective]

passiblec1384

apprehensivea1398

feelinga1400

sensible?c1400

sufferablec1400

perceptible?a1430

sensatea1500

sensive?1541

senting1572

patible1602

sentient1632

sensile1650

sensatinga1652

perceptive1652

percipient1692

perceiving1736

1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xxiv. 250 Forasmuch as God would that the faculties both intelligent and sentient should predominate in the head [etc.].

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 56 This acting of the sentient Phantasie is performed..by a presence of sense, as the Horse is under the sense of hunger, and that without any formal Syllogism presseth him to eat.

1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. viii. 71 The Nerves..propagate this Vibration..to the intelligent or sentient Principle in the Brain.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiii. 320 [The legend] ascribes to the ship sentient powers.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. viii. 218 Thus is sentient man acted on by Nature.

1879 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind 3rd Ser. I. 8 We can define it [the relation of Mind to Life] by analytically distinguishing certain functions as sentient from other functions as nutrient.

b. Conscious or percipient of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > of something

sentient1814

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] > that perceives, aware > of something

sensible?c1425

conscientious1637

conusant1651

conscious1661

sentient1814

cognizant1820

cognoscent1830

1814 R. Southey Roderick xvii. 206 Of all within Oblivious there he sate, sentient alone Of outward nature.

1844 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets xc The poet's sight grew sentient Of a strange company around.

2. Physiology. Of organs or tissues: Responsive to sensory stimuli.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sense organ > [adjective] > responsive

quickc1395

sentient1822

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 265 The sentient fluid with which they [sc. the papillæ of the tongue] are supplied.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. Introd. 14 In cases of tic douloureux we divide the sentient and not the motive nerves.

1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. i. 394 A stimulus being brought to bear on some sentient surface.

3. Characterized by the exercise of the senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > characterized by exercise of senses

sentient1906

1906 H. Jones in Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 558 Sentient experience in short is reality, and what is not this, is not real.

B. n.

(a) absol. That which has sensation or feeling. (b) One who or something which has sensation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > [noun] > that is capable of sensation

sensitive?1533

sentient1603

sensible1642

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > sentient being

feelerc1443

sensitive?1533

sentient1603

sensible1642

percipient1659

perceptive1694

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > faculty of sensation

sensible virtuea1398

sensualityc1405

sensitivec1487

sense1553

sensible capacity1593

sentient1603

sensibility1610

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1042 Intelligence is the motion of the intelligence about that which is stable..: but opinion is the mansion of the sentient about that which moveth.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxii. 220 Some extraordinary alterations in the Brain duplicate that which is but a single object to our undistemper'd Sentient.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 34 They concluded, that all the Phænomena of Inanimate Bodies, and their various Transformations, might be clearly resolved into these two things, Partly something that is Real..and Partly something that is Phantastical in the Sentient.

1691 J. Howe Redeemer's Tears (1846) 210 What can you think of that Spirit that feels every where? that is in the body a universal sentient?

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1907) I. viii. 90 How being can transform itself into a knowing, becomes conceivable on one only coindition; namely, if it can be shown that the vis representativa, or the Sentient, is itself a species of being.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 80 Particular modifications of atoms..produced upon the sentient the impressions of different colours.

1886 F. W. H. Myers in E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living I. Introd. p. lxxi The insentient has awoke..into sentiency; the sentient into the fuller consciousness of human minds.

Derivatives

ˈsentiently adv.

ΚΠ

1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sentient
释义	sentientadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɛnʃnt/, /ˈsɛnʃɪənt/, /ˈsɛntɪənt/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(i)ənt/, /ˈsɛn(t)iənt/ Etymology: < Latin sentient-em, present participle of sentīre to feel. A. adj. 1. a. That feels or is capable of feeling; having the power or function of sensation or of perception by the senses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] passiblec1384 apprehensivea1398 feelinga1400 sensible?c1400 sufferablec1400 perceptible?a1430 sensatea1500 sensive?1541 senting1572 patible1602 sentient1632 sensile1650 sensatinga1652 perceptive1652 percipient1692 perceiving1736 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xxiv. 250 Forasmuch as God would that the faculties both intelligent and sentient should predominate in the head [etc.]. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 56 This acting of the sentient Phantasie is performed..by a presence of sense, as the Horse is under the sense of hunger, and that without any formal Syllogism presseth him to eat. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. viii. 71 The Nerves..propagate this Vibration..to the intelligent or sentient Principle in the Brain. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiii. 320 [The legend] ascribes to the ship sentient powers. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. viii. 218 Thus is sentient man acted on by Nature. 1879 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind 3rd Ser. I. 8 We can define it [the relation of Mind to Life] by analytically distinguishing certain functions as sentient from other functions as nutrient. b. Conscious or percipient of something. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > of something sentient1814 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] > that perceives, aware > of something sensible?c1425 conscientious1637 conusant1651 conscious1661 sentient1814 cognizant1820 cognoscent1830 1814 R. Southey Roderick xvii. 206 Of all within Oblivious there he sate, sentient alone Of outward nature. 1844 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets xc The poet's sight grew sentient Of a strange company around. 2. Physiology. Of organs or tissues: Responsive to sensory stimuli. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > [adjective] > responsive quickc1395 sentient1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 265 The sentient fluid with which they [sc. the papillæ of the tongue] are supplied. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. Introd. 14 In cases of tic douloureux we divide the sentient and not the motive nerves. 1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. i. 394 A stimulus being brought to bear on some sentient surface. 3. Characterized by the exercise of the senses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > characterized by exercise of senses sentient1906 1906 H. Jones in Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 558 Sentient experience in short is reality, and what is not this, is not real. B. n. (a) absol. That which has sensation or feeling. (b) One who or something which has sensation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > [noun] > that is capable of sensation sensitive?1533 sentient1603 sensible1642 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > sentient being feelerc1443 sensitive?1533 sentient1603 sensible1642 percipient1659 perceptive1694 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > faculty of sensation sensible virtuea1398 sensualityc1405 sensitivec1487 sense1553 sensible capacity1593 sentient1603 sensibility1610 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1042 Intelligence is the motion of the intelligence about that which is stable..: but opinion is the mansion of the sentient about that which moveth. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxii. 220 Some extraordinary alterations in the Brain duplicate that which is but a single object to our undistemper'd Sentient. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 34 They concluded, that all the Phænomena of Inanimate Bodies, and their various Transformations, might be clearly resolved into these two things, Partly something that is Real..and Partly something that is Phantastical in the Sentient. 1691 J. Howe Redeemer's Tears (1846) 210 What can you think of that Spirit that feels every where? that is in the body a universal sentient? 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1907) I. viii. 90 How being can transform itself into a knowing, becomes conceivable on one only coindition; namely, if it can be shown that the vis representativa, or the Sentient, is itself a species of being. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 80 Particular modifications of atoms..produced upon the sentient the impressions of different colours. 1886 F. W. H. Myers in E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living I. Introd. p. lxxi The insentient has awoke..into sentiency; the sentient into the fuller consciousness of human minds. Derivatives ˈsentiently adv. ΚΠ 1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1603
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