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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
sentient
 
SYLLABICATION:sen·tient
PRONUNCIATION:  snshnt, -sh-nt
ADJECTIVE:1. Having sense perception; conscious: “The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage” (T.E. Lawrence). 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin sentins, sentient-, present participle of sentre, to feel. See sent- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:sentient·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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