apperceive

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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

The self-same person, according to the line of thought he may be in, or to his emotional mood, will apperceive the same impression quite differently on different occasions.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

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

Similarly, the time-honored phenomenon of diabolical possession is on the point of being admitted by the scientist as a fact, now that he has the name of "hystero-demonopathy" by which to apperceive it.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

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

From Meaning of Truth by James, William