sensifacient
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sensus (“sense”) + facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sensifacient (not comparable)
- converting into sensation
- 1894, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley:
- the epithelium may be said to be receptive , the nerve fibres transmissive , and the sensorium sensifacient
References
[edit]“sensifacient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.