| 单词 |
perceivance |
| 释义 |
perˈceivance Obs. exc. dial.
[a. OF. percevance (12th c. in Godef.), f. percevant, pr. pple. of percevoir to perceive: see -ance.]
The capacity of perceiving, discernment, wisdom; the action of perceiving, perception (mental or physical).
1534Tindale Eph. i. 8 Which grace he shed on us aboundantly in all wisdome, and perceavaunce [1526 prudency, 1611 Bible prudence]. a1562G. Cavendish Wolsey (1893) 133 Havyng perceivaunce..that the truthe in this case is very doughtfull to be knowen. 1694R. Burthogge Reason & Nat. Spirits 57 The Eye has no Perceivance of things but under Colours that are not in them. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v., ‘The boy is a dunce, and has no perceivance’. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘I had no perceivance about it’, knew nothing of the matter. 1893H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk 85 If the man..is occasionally the worse for drink, and not to be depended upon, they say he has no persayvance over hisself.
So † perˈceivancy Obs. rare, perception.
1649J. Ellistone tr. Behmen's Epist. vi. 85 By the formation, or impression it hath brought it selfe into the Perceivancy of the Essence. In which Perceivancy or Sensibility the Magneticall Desire is arisen. |
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