Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of
sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.]
Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception.
Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient
extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs
or tissues.
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Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, n.
One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
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sentient
adj 1: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: animate] [ant: insentient]
2: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load";
"a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "sentient":
alive, alive to, au courant, awake, aware, cognizant, conscious,
conversant, emotionable, feeling, impressible, impressionable,
impressive, knowing, open, perceptive, reactive, receptive,
responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to,
susceptible, susceptive, witting
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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