sensate

English

Etymology

From Middle English sensat, from Late Latin sensatus (“able to sense”), from sensus (“sense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.seɪt/

Adjective

sensate (comparative more sensate, superlative most sensate)

1. Perceived by one or more of the senses.
2. Having the ability to sense things physically.
3. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Baxter to this entry?)

Verb

1. (transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.

   to sensate light, or an odour

   • R. Hooke

     As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye.

Anagrams

• Santees, entases, sateens, senates, tenases

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Italian

Adjective

sensate

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective sensato.

Anagrams

• assente

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Latin

Etymology 1

From sēnsātus (“sensible, intelligent”) +‎ -ē

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /senˈsaː.teː/, [s̠ẽːˈs̠äːt̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /senˈsa.te/, [senˈsäːt̪e]

Adverb

sensātē (not comparable)

1. intelligently, sensibly

Etymology 2

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) sēnsāte

1. vocative masculine singular of sēnsātus

References

• sensate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.