apperceive

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By bringing his old knowledge to bear on such a sentence as "The men who brought it returned at once"; the pupil may be asked first to apperceive the subordinate clause, who brought it.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Evidently the ideal has been formed by the habit of perception; it is, in a rough way, that average form which we expect and most readily apperceive.

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

He can not apperceive it so as to permit him to gratify my claim; but there is enough appeal in the claim to induce him to write a whole article in justification of his refusal.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

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

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

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