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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apperceive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ap-per-ceive
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To perceive.

Obsolete

verb

To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.

Etymology

From Middle English aperceiven, from Old French aperceveir, apercevoir, from Late Latin *appercipiō, from ad- + percipiō.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *kap-, aperceiven, aperceveir, *appercipiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

apperceives (present, singular) apperceiving (participle, present) apperceived (participle, past) apperceived (past)

Derived Forms

unapperceived

Phrases

apperceiving mass

Frequently Paired Words

apperception

Questions

What does apperceive mean?
To perceive.
Where does apperceive come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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