Word: 'sense' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'sense' • Extended Annotations
from Latin sensus, from verb sentio, "sentiment, sensation, perception, feeling, disposition, mood, understanding, mental capacity, reason, meaning"
Proto-Indo-European root *sent- "to go"
Also the source of Old High German sinnan "to go, travel, strive after, have in mind, perceive," German Sinn "sense, mind," Old English sið "way, journey"
to sense is to "find one's way," literally and metaphorically
"Parallel to the external turmoil, their senses amplify, for each according to their previous choices and evolution. They sense what needs to be done, and act accordingly."
"Weird Genius"
"I can do this by sight and by sound — and an additional perception, for which the language you use has not designed a word. Be that as it may, there are plenty of conventional methods, applying conventional perception, that allow for discernment, provided one has clarity of sense."
"Weird Genius"
"As they saw it, it wasn't merely a perceiving through the sense of sight, a physical seeing, but the realization of all the depth it contains, and all the potential it holds. They saw it with their entire being."
"Weird Genius"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
