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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

sapiens

-entis

, p. pr. of

sapere

to taste, to have sense, to know. See

Adj.

]

Wise; sage; discerning; – often in irony or contempt.

Where the

sapient

king
Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse.

Milton.

Syn. – Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.

Adj.

Wise; sage; discerning.

There the sapient king held dalliance.