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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sen•tient /ˈsɛnʃənt/USA pronunciation adj. - having the power to feel by the senses;
conscious:Are plants sentient beings? sen•tience, n. [uncountable]See -sent-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sen•tient (sen′shənt),USA pronunciation adj. - having the power of perception by the senses;
conscious. - characterized by sensation and consciousness.
n. - a person or thing that is sentient.
- [Archaic.]the conscious mind.
- Latin sentient- (stem of sentiēns, present participle of sentīre to feel), equivalent. to senti- verb, verbal stem + -ent- -ent
- 1595–1605
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