26 August 2016

sensate

[sen-seyt]

adjective

1. perceiving or perceived through the senses.

Origin of sensate

Late Latin

1490-1500; < Late Latin sēnsātus. See sense, -ate1

Related forms

sensately, adverb
nonsensate, adjective
unsensate, adjective

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It is the declamation, when the model is alive or sensate ; it is the tone, when the model is in sensate.
Library of the World’s Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12
Various

Its long, funnel-shaped form dipped and lifted, trailing back and forth like some sensate thing.
Winning the Wilderness
Margaret Hill McCarter

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