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SENSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
Example:
a perceived threat
Synonyms:
perceived; sensed
Classified under:
Similar:
detected (perceived or discerned)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb sense
Context examples:
Perhaps they sensed his wild-wood breed, and instinctively felt for him the enmity that the domestic dog feels for the wolf.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They sensed between themselves and him a difference of kind—cause sufficient in itself for hostility.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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