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Definition of Sentient

1. Adjective. Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness. "The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"

2. Adjective. Consciously perceiving. "A boy so sentient of his surroundings"

Definition of Sentient

1. a. Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.

2. n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

Definition of Sentient

1. a person or thing capable of sensation [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sentient

1. Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. Especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues. Origin: L. Sentiens, -entis, p. Pr. Of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sentient

sentence structure sentencing sententia sententiae sentential sentential function sententious sententiously sententiousness senti

sentience sentiences sentiencies sentiency sentient (current term) sentient (current term) sentiently sentients sentiment sentiment

sentimental sentimental sentimentalisation sentimentalise sentimentalised sentimentalises sentimentalism sentimentalisms sentimentalist sentimentalists

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