sentient

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.

He and they were alike sentient, active, conscious, inextricably mingled. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
This orchard is sentient, like others, in the month of May. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
As usual he addressed the dog as though he were a sentient being. — 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands, Eliot H. (Eliot Harlow) Robinson

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