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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn