apperceptive

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My apperceptive mass goes back 50 years when I was the bird-dog for Jack Kaplan, then worth over $100 million and denoted as a big boodle for a sole operator.

From Forbes • Mar. 30, 2015

Organized nature the source of apperceptive forms; example of sculpture.

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

If you can do this you will arrive at an understanding of apperceptive background through its elimination.

From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell

We can know things only in terms of our "apperceptive mass," but that does not mean that things exist only by virtue of our apperceptive mass.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

Dickens makes a strong contrast between the condition of the mental and spiritual apperceptive centres in the city boy as compared with the country boy, in a conversation between Phil Squod and Mr. George.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)