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To pierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Capable of being perceived; perceptible. -- Per*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

Power of perceiving. [Obs.] "The senses and common perceivance." Milton.

istence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord. Reid.

One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb). Milton.

Parsley. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

That which is perceived. Sir W. Hamilton. The modern discussion between percept and concept, the one sensuous, the other intellectual. Max Müller.

The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.

Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable. With a perceptible blast of the air. Bacon. -- Per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Per*cep"ti*bly, adv.

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.

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception. "His perceptive and reflective faculties." Motley.

The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception. Locke.

An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.

To perceive; to comprehend. Chaucer.

The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception. Leibnitz. Reid. This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence. Sir W. Hamilton.

Imperceptible. [R.] South. -- Im`per*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. Sharp.

Not perceived. [Obs.]

The state or quality of being imperceptible.

Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended. Almost imperceptible to the touch. Dryden. Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. Burke. -- Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Im`per*cep"ti*bly, adv. Their . . . subility and imper…