apperceptive

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My apperceptive mass goes back 50 years when I was the bird-dog for Jack Kaplan, then worth over $100 million and denoted as a big boodle for a sole operator.

From Forbes • Mar. 30, 2015

Organized nature the source of apperceptive forms; example of sculpture.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George

By means of this interweaving, the stimulation of the apperceptive element transmits itself to the remaining elements of the association complex.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Dickens emphasized the fact that the lack of apperceptive centres of an improper kind is a great advantage.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)

The wide plain, the river hurrying between green banks—no apperceptive background fails thus far in the picture.

From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell