Sekirov Dictionary

percept

UK /ˈpɜːsɛpt/US /ˈpɝsɛpt/

noun 2
/pərˈsɛpt/ verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.
- I see an inkstand on the table: that is a percept. Moving my head, I get a different percept of the inkstand. — 1901
•
Something perceived; the object of perception.
- It may even be that the percepts detected by one sense organ are experienced as having the modality standardly associated with another. — 1988

percept

UK /pəˈsɛpt/US /pərˈsɛpt/

verb2

•
To make perceptible or distinct, to reveal.
- Chemo‐reception, biological membranes, and a discussion of how the reception of taste and odour substances are percepted in the brain, are addressed in Chapter 2. — 2001
•
(no longer used, rare) Synonym of perceive.
- And is not the highest speculation of it percepted and perfected by manuall instruments, and those fallacious too, as themselves complain? — 1652

forms

percepted · percepting · percepts

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