All 4 Uses of
perceive
in
Catch-22
- Major Major's father had a Calvinist's faith in predestination and could perceive distinctly how everyone's misfortunes but his own were expressions of God's will.†
Chpt 9
- He felt himself surrounded by dense, overwhelming fogs of possibilities in which he could perceive no glimmer of light.†
Chpt 20
- Nately was appalled and bewildered by the abominable old man's inability to perceive the enormity of his offence.†
Chpt 23 *
- 'No incisions,' Yossarian said, perceiving through the lifting fog of insensibility that the two strangers were ready to begin cutting him.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(perceive as in: perceive the system as unfair) to view in a certain way so as to form a belief or opinion