apperceive

[ ap-er-seev ]

/ ˌæp ərˈsiv /

to have conscious perception of; comprehend.

to comprehend (a new idea) by assimilation with the sum of one's previous knowledge and experience.

Origin of apperceive

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English word from Old French word aperceivre. See ap-¹, perceive

un·ap·per·ceived, adjective

In this manner we accept the forms imposed upon us by utility, and train ourselves to apperceive their potential beauty.

The Sense of Beauty |George Santayana
From my perception, then, of hoof or sound I apperceive cow.

Applied Psychology for Nurses |Mary F. Porter
Spirits say they know such by their coldness, and that when they apperceive the cold they depart from them.

Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There |Emanuel Swedenborg
The housewife may apperceive old rags as something to be thrown away; a ragpicker, as something to be gathered up.

The Psychology of Salesmanship |William Walker Atkinson

On the contrary, they apperceive every experience and assign it to its place.

The Meaning of Truth |William James

apperceive

/ (ˌæpəˈsiːv) /

to be aware of perceiving

psychol to comprehend by assimilating (a perception) to ideas already in the mind

C19: from Old French aperceveir, from Latin percipere to perceive