percept.
Something perceived; the object of perception.
Meaning & usage
Something perceived; the object of perception.
A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.
Where this word comes from
A learned borrowing, after concept, from Classical Latin perceptum (“a proposition, principle, general idea”), from the neuter of perceptus (“perceived”), the past participle of percipiō (“to perceive”); see perceive. Coined by the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), in Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, published posthumously in 1860 (see the quotation).
Synonym of perceive.
To make perceptible or distinct, to reveal.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Classical Latin percept-, the past participial stem of percipiō (“to perceive”). In etymology 2 sense 2, perhaps independently from percept (“something perceived”).
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