All 18 Uses
perceive
in
The Red Badge of Courage
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- As he perceived her, she had immediately begun to stare up through the high tree branches at the sky.
Chpt 1 *perceived = saw
- Apparently, the other had now climbed a peak of wisdom from which he could perceive himself as a very wee thing.
Chpt 14 *perceive = view in a certain way so as to form a belief
- However, he perceived now that it did not greatly matter what kind of soldiers he was going to fight, so long as they fought, which fact no one disputed.†
Chpt 1
- The youth perceived that the time had come.†
Chpt 3
- As he perceived this fact it occurred to him that he had never wished to come to the war.†
Chpt 3
- He perceived that the man who had fought thus was magnificent.†
Chpt 6
- There was an air of apology in his manner, but he evidently thought that he needed only to talk for a time, and the youth would perceive that he was a good fellow.†
Chpt 8
- Hastening up, they perceived that his face wore an expression telling that he had at last found the place for which he had struggled.†
Chpt 9
- As he rounded a hillock, he perceived that the roadway was now a crying mass of wagons, teams, and men.†
Chpt 11
- When he perceived again that it was not possible for the army to be defeated, he tried to bethink him of a fine tale which he could take back to his regiment, and with it turn the expected shafts of derision.†
Chpt 11
- The youth began to imagine that he had got into the center of the tremendous quarrel, and he could perceive no way out of it.†
Chpt 12
- His friend, perceiving him to be awake, came from the fire.†
Chpt 14
- As the two boys approached the line, the lieutenant perceived them and swelled with wrath.†
Chpt 18
- Also he perceived with dim amazement that their uniforms were rather gay in effect, being light gray, accented with a brilliant-hued facing.†
Chpt 20
- They perceived that they were free.†
Chpt 21
- It was a relief to perceive at last from whence came some of these noises which had been roared into his ears.†
Chpt 22
- He expected that his companions, weary and stiffened, would have to be driven to this assault, but as he turned toward them he perceived with a certain surprise that they were giving quick and unqualified expressions of assent.†
Chpt 23
- He perceived this man fighting a last struggle, the struggle of one whose legs are grasped by demons.†
Chpt 23
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)