SENTIENT


Meaning of SENTIENT in English

/ ˈsentiənt; NAmE ; ˈsenʃnt/ adjective

[ usually before noun ] ( formal ) able to see or feel things through the senses :

Man is a sentient being.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Latin sentient- feeling, from the verb sentire .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.