apperceive
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When they were come, they instantly ran over the things that were in my memory, but, owing to their promptness, I was unable to apperceive what they observed.
From Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There by Swedenborg, Emanuel
Education is especially valuable, in fact, in that it so adds to the experience of the child that he may more fully apperceive his surroundings.
From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Hence a man is in the midst, nor does he apperceive the evil or the good; and being in the midst, is free to turn himself to the one or to the other.
From The Gist of Swedenborg by Smyth, Julian K.
A medical or engineering expert retained on one side of a case will not apperceive the facts in the same way as if the other side had retained him.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William
A. Present Knowledge.—Since the mind can apperceive only that for which it is prepared through former experience, the interpretation of the same presentations will be likely to differ greatly in different individuals.
From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education