Perception

n.	1.	The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
	2.	(Metaph.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; - distinguished from conception. Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence. - Bentley.
	3.	The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility. This experiment discovereth perception in plants. - Bacon.
	4.	An idea; a notion.

Noun	1.	perception - the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept Synonyms: percept, perceptual experience
	2.	perception - a way of conceiving something; "Luther had a new perception of the Bible"
	3.	perception - the process of perceiving
	4.	perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
	5.	perception - becoming aware of something via the senses Synonyms: sensing

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