All 12 Uses
perceive
in
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
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- He scrambled to his feet, and perceiving, evidently, the size of his assailant, ran quickly off, shouting alarms.
Chpt 1 *perceiving = seeing; or becoming aware of
- His practised eye perceived her gradually emerge from a muddled mist of sentiment until her brain burned in drunken heat.†
Chpt 2
- The world was going on and he was there to perceive it.†
Chpt 4
- When they would thrust at, or parry, the noses of his champing horses, making them swing their heads and move their feet, disturbing a solid dreamy repose, he swore at the men as fools, for he himself could perceive that Providence had caused it clearly to be written, that he and his team had the unalienable right to stand in the proper path of the sun chariot, and if they so minded, obstruct its mission or take a wheel off.†
Chpt 4
- Maggie perceived that here was the beau ideal of a man.†
Chpt 5
- Maggie perceived that Pete brought forth all his elegance and all his knowledge of high-class customs for her benefit.†
Chpt 7
- As to the present she perceived only vague reasons to be miserable.†
Chpt 12
- As they went out Maggie perceived two women seated at a table with some men.†
Chpt 12
- She perceived that her black dress fitted her to perfection.†
Chpt 14
- She could dimly perceive that something stupendous had happened.†
Chpt 14
- On the brilliantly lighted avenue he perceived the forlorn woman dodging about like a scout.†
Chpt 15
- Opening it and looking out, he perceived Maggie standing, as if undecided, on the corner.†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(perceive as in: perceive the system as unfair) to view in a certain way so as to form a belief or opinion
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(2)
(perceive as in: though blind, can perceive light) to become aware of -- especially by using the senses (to see, hear, smell, feel, or taste)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)