v.tr. 1 be conscious of perceiving. 2 Psychol. compare (a perception) to previously held ideas so as to extract meaning from it. apperception n. apperceptive adj.
[ ME (in obs. sense 'observe') f. OF aperceveir ult. f. L percipere PERCEIVE ]
APPERCEIVE
Meaning of APPERCEIVE in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012