SENTIENCE; SENTIENCY
Sen"ti*ence, Sen"ti*en*cy, n. Etym: [See Sentient, Sentence.]
Defn: The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. Earle.
SENTIENT Sen"ti*ent, a. Etym: [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.]
Defn: Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
SENTIENT
Sen"ti*ent, n.
Defn: One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
SENTIENTLY
Sen"ti*ent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sentient or perceptive way.
SENTIMENT
Sen"ti*ment, n. Etym: [OE. sentement, OF. sentement, F. sentiment,
fr. L. sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think.
See Sentient, a.]
1. A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression. The word sentiment, agreeably to the use made of it by our best English writers, expresses, in my own opinion very happily, those complex determinations of the mind which result from the coöperation of our rational powers and of our moral feelings. Stewart. Alike to council or the assembly came, With equal souls and sentiments the same. Pope.