percept

== English == === Etymology 1 === A learned borrowing, after concept, from Classical Latin perceptum (“a proposition, principle, general idea”), from the neuter of perceptus (“perceived”), the past participle of percipiō (“to perceive”); see perceive. Coined by the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), in Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, published posthumously in 1860 (see the quotation). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːsɛpt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝsɛpt/ ==== Noun ==== percept (plural percepts) (philosophy, psychology, now rare) Something perceived; the object of perception. [from 19th c.] (philosophy, psychology, linguistics) A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something. [from 19th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== perceive perception perceptive === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Classical Latin percept-, the past participial stem of percipiō (“to perceive”). In sense 2, perhaps independently from percept (“something perceived”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛpt/ (General American) IPA(key): /pərˈsɛpt/ ==== Verb ==== percept (third-person singular simple present percepts, present participle percepting, simple past and past participle percepted) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of perceive. (transitive) To make perceptible or distinct, to reveal. [from 20th c.] === References === === Further reading === “percept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “percept”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === precept