sentient

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SENTIENT, adjective sen'shent. [Latin sentiens, sentio.] That perceives; having the faculty of perception. Man is a sentient being; he possesses a sentient principle. SEN'TIENT, noun 1. A being or person that has the faculty of perception. 2. He that perceives.
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