percevoir — meaning in English

English meaning

• collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
• descry verb To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
• perceive verb To become aware of something through the senses, such as sight, sound, or touch.

Senses

percevoir is used for these senses in English:

• collect (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
• descry (transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.
• perceive (transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.

collect — full definition

1. verb To gather things together, often systematically.
2. verb To go and get someone or something; to pick up.
3. verb To receive payment that is owed.

descry — full definition

1. verb To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
2. verb To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.

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