sensate

Etymology

From Middle English sensat from Late Latin sensatus "able to sense" from Latin sensus, "sense".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.set/

Adjective

sensate (comparative more sensate, superlative most sensate)

1. Perceived by one or more of the senses.
2. Having the ability to sense things physically.
3. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.

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Verb

sensate (third-person singular simple present sensates, present participle sensating, simple past and past participle sensated)

1. (transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.

   to sensate light, or an odour

   • R. Hooke

     As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye.

Anagrams

• Santees, entases, sateens, senates, tenases

Adjective

sensate

1. Feminine plural form of sensato

Anagrams

• assente

Adjective

sēnsāte

1. vocative masculine singular of sēnsātus