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    perceive
    per‧ceive W3 AC /pəˈsiːv $ pər-/ verb [transitive not in progressive]
     Word Family: noun: perception, perceptiveness; adverb: perceptibly ≠ imperceptibly, perceptively; adjective: perceptible ≠ imperceptible, perceptive; verb: perceive
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: perceivre, from Latin percipere
    1. written to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way ⇨ perception
        perceive something/somebody as something
        Even as a young woman she had been perceived as a future chief executive.
        perceive something/somebody to be something
        Often what is perceived to be aggression is simply fear.
        Children who do badly in school tests often perceive themselves to be failures.
    2. formal to notice, see, or recognize something ⇨ perceptive:
        That morning, he perceived a change in Franca’s mood.
        Cats are not able to perceive colour.
        perceive that
        He perceived that there was no other way out of the crisis.