— percipience, percipiency , n.
/peuhr sip"ee euhnt/ , adj.
1. perceiving or capable of perceiving.
2. having perception; discerning; discriminating: a percipient choice of wines.
n.
3. a person or thing that perceives.
[ 1655-65; percipient- (s. of percipiens ) prp. of percipere to take in, equiv. to per- PER- + - cipi- comb. form of pres. s. of capere to take + -ent- -ENT ]