Definition of sense

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Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.

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High :: High (superl.) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
Sooterkin :: Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme..
Homology :: Homology (n.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said
Meddle :: Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- / a good sense.
Put-up :: Put-up (a.) Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job..
Ex- :: Ex- () A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of
Stalactites :: Stalactite (n.) In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava..
Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words..
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth..
Imaginative :: Imaginative (a.) Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word..
Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness..
Explanation :: Explanation (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
Gratify :: Gratify (v. t.) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc..
Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
Gun :: Gun (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon..
Gentry :: Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry..
Fiddle-faddle :: Fiddle-faddle (v. i.) To talk nonsense.
Unsensualize :: Unsensualize (v. t.) To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
Off :: Off (adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:.
War :: War (n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason..
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