apperceive

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If there is only one natural law, and we see it only in seemingly unrelated facets because of our ignorance, because we cannot apperceive the whole, then this, too, is no more than another facet.

From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark

One may perceive a new object without understanding it, but to apperceive it is to interpret its meaning by the aid of similar familiar notions.

From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by McMurry, Charles Alexander

From my perception, then, of hoof or sound I apperceive cow.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Porter, Mary F.

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

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George

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