Sense

Common sense
a -	"The complement of those cognitions or convictions which we receive from nature, which all men possess in common, and by which they test the truth of knowledge and the morality of actions."
b -	"The faculty of first principles." These two are the philosophical significations.
c -	"Such ordinary complement of intelligence, that,if a person be deficient therein, he is accounted mad or foolish."
d -	When the substantive is emphasized: "Native practical intelligence, natural prudence, mother wit, tact in behavior, acuteness in the observation of character, in contrast to habits of acquired learning or of speculation."

Moral sense
a -	See under Moral, (a).

The inner sense
capacity of the mind to be aware of its own states; consciousness; reflection.

Sense capsule
(Anat.) one of the cartilaginous or bony cavities which inclose, more or less completely, the organs of smell, sight, and hearing. - Locke.

Sense organ
(Physiol.) a specially irritable mechanism by which some one natural force or form of energy is enabled to excite sensory nerves; as the eye, ear, an end bulb or tactile corpuscle, etc.

Sense organule
(Anat.) one of the modified epithelial cells in or near which the fibers of the sensory nerves terminate.

v. t.

To perceive by the senses; to recognize.

[imp. & p. p. Sensed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sensing.]

Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others than they are by him?

- Glanvill.

Noun	1.	sense - a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"
	2.	sense - the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified" Synonyms: signified
	3.	sense - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" Synonyms: sensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sensation
	4.	sense - sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" Synonyms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit
	5.	sense - a natural appreciation or ability; "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing"
Verb	1.	sense - perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" Synonyms: feel
	2.	sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
	3.	sense - become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"
	4.	sense - comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"

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