sensate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having physical sensation
    • sensate creatures

WordNet

Sen"sate transitive verb
Etymology
See Sensated.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sensated ; present participle & verbal noun Sensating
Definitions
  1. To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
    As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke.
Sen"sate, Sen"sa*ted adjective (Also<
  • Sensate
  • Sensated
)
Etymology
L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.
Definitions
  1. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. R. Baxter.

Webster 1913