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sentient

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnʃ(ə)nt/
Definition of sentient

adjective

  • able to perceive or feel things:she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms

Derivatives

sentience

noun

sentiently

adverb

Origin:

early 17th century: from Latin sentient- 'feeling', from the verb sentire

sentient in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sentient in the US English dictionary
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