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Webster 1913 Edition


Sentient

Sen′ti-ent

,
Adj.
[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
.

Sen′ti-ent

,
Noun.
One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sentient

SENTIENT

,
Adj.
sen'shent. [L. sentiens, sentio.] That perceives; having the faculty of perception. Man is a sentient being; he possesses a sentient principle.

Definition 2024


sentient

sentient

English

Adjective

sentient (comparative more sentient, superlative most sentient)

  1. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
  2. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
  3. (chiefly in science fiction) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Noun

sentient (plural sentients)

  1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
  2. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.

Synonyms

  • (self-aware being): see Wikisaurus:sentient

References


Latin

Verb

sentient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of sentiō