apperceive

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Hence a man is in the midst, nor does he apperceive the evil or the good; and being in the midst, is free to turn himself to the one or to the other.

From The Gist of Swedenborg by Smyth, Julian K.

By bringing his old knowledge to bear on such a sentence as "The men who brought it returned at once"; the pupil may be asked first to apperceive the subordinate clause, who brought it.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Similarly, the time-honored phenomenon of diabolical possession is on the point of being admitted by the scientist as a fact, now that he has the name of "hystero-demonopathy" by which to apperceive it.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

It was given me also to apperceive the character of their internal respiration.

From Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There by Swedenborg, Emanuel

A medical or engineering expert retained on one side of a case will not apperceive the facts in the same way as if the other side had retained him.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William