All 11 Uses of
perceive
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- 'I do not know for what reason the Enemy is pursuing you,' answered Gildor; 'but I perceive that he is — strange indeed though that seems to me.†
Chpt 1.3
- After a while the song became clearer, and with dread in his heart he perceived that it had changed into an incantation: Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never mare to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead.†
Chpt 1.8
- They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only the noon sun destroys; and in the dark they perceive many signs and forms that are hidden from us: then they are most to be feared.†
Chpt 1.11
- He bitterly regretted his foolishness, and reproached himself for weakness of will; for he now perceived that in putting on the Ring he obeyed not his own desire but the commanding wish of his enemies.†
Chpt 1.12
- Whence it came we did not at first perceive.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- It laid hold of the iron ring, and then it perceived me and my spell.†
Chpt 2.5
- He saw no colour but those he knew, gold and white and blue and green, but they were fresh and poignant, as if he had at that moment first perceived them and made for them names new and wonderful.†
Chpt 2.6
- In this high place you may see the two powers that are opposed one to another; and ever they strive now in thought, but whereas the light perceives the very heart of the darkness, its own secret has not been discovered.†
Chpt 2.6
- I say to you, Frodo, that even as I speak to you, I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns the Elves.†
Chpt 2.7
- You have perceived my thought more clearly than many that are accounted wise.†
Chpt 2.7
- A music came down the river as it drew nearer; and suddenly they perceived that it was a ship, wrought and carved with elven-skill in the likeness of a bird.†
Chpt 2.8
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