verb · transitive · rare

percept

percept · percepts · percepted · percepting

To make perceptible or distinct, to revealTo make perceptible or distinct, to reveal.

UK/pəˈsɛpt/US/pərˈsɛpt/

» There is only one true gnosis: that I percept what I percept.

Es gibt nur eine einzige gesicherte Erkenntnis: Dass ich wahrnehme, was ich wahrnehme.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To make perceptible or distinct, to reveal.
(obsolete, rare, transitive)Synonym of perceive.

Examples

1 sentences

There is only one true gnosis: that I percept what I percept.
deEs gibt nur eine einzige gesicherte Erkenntnis: Dass ich wahrnehme, was ich wahrnehme.
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin percept-, the past participial stem of percipiō (“t

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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Forms

percepts, percepting, percepted, percepted

Base form	percept · to percept
3rd person singular	percepts
Present participle	percepting
Past simple	percepted
Past participle	percepted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	percept
he, she, it	percepts

Past simpleLesson

all persons

percepted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have percepted
he, she, it	has percepted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will percept

Synonyms

1 synonyms

perceiveB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle