Perceive /(pẽr*sēv")/

imp. & p. p. Perceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Perceiving

1. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord.
2. To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.

   Jesus perceived their wickedness.

   You may, fair lady, Perceive I speak sincerely.

   Till we ourselves see it with our own eyes, and perceive it by our own understandings, we are still in the dark.

3. To be affected of influented by. [R.]

   The upper regions of the air perceive the collection of the matter of tempests before the air here below.