[per.cip.i.ent] n [L percipient-, percipiens, prp. of percipere to perceive] (1662) 1: one that perceives
2: a person on whose mind a telepathic impulse or message is held to fall
[2]percipient adj (1692): capable of or characterized by perception: discerning -- per.cip.i.ent.ly adv