Associations to the word «Apperceive»

Wiktionary

APPERCEIVE, verb. (obsolete) To perceive.
APPERCEIVE, verb. (psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.

Dictionary definition

APPERCEIVE, verb. Perceive in terms of a past experience.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.