sensate
/ˈsɛn.seɪt/ adjective, verb
Forms sensates sensating sensated
- adjective Perceived by one or more of the senses.
- adjective Having the ability to sense things physically.
- adjective Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
- verb (transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive. “to sensate light, or an odour”
Etymology
From Middle English sensat, from Late Latin sensatus (“able to sense”), from sensus (“sense”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
- adjective Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. [R.]
Etymology [See Sensated.]
Etymology [L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sensate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details