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perceptive (iou)



perceptive noun & adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin perceptivus, from percept-: see PERCEPTION, -IVE.]
A. noun.
An optical instrument of some kind. Only in LME.
In pl. The perceptive faculties or organs. M19.
b. adjective.
Characterized by or capable of perceiving; pertaining to or having perception; instrumental to perception. M17.
b. Of ready perception, discerning; exhibiting discernment. M19.
G. Greene The author of the most perceptive life of Stevenson.
Perceptible, cognizable. M18-E19.
perceptively adverb in a perceptive manner; in respect of perception: L18.
perceptiveness noun M19.
percep'tivity noun L17.