apperceive

From Middle English aperceiven, from Old French aperceveir, apercevoir, from Late Latin *appercipiō, from ad- + percipiō.

apperceive (third-person singular simple present apperceives, present participle apperceiving, simple past and past participle apperceived)

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

• apperception