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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SENTIENT, a. sen'shent. [L. sentiens, sentio.] That perceives; having the faculty of perception. Man is a sentient being; he possesses a sentient principle.
SEN'TIENT, n.
1. A being or person that has the faculty of perception.
2. He that perceives.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate, insentient]
2: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin sentient-, sentiens, present participle of sentire to perceive, feel Date: 1632 1. responsive to or conscious of sense impressions <sentient beings> 2. aware 3. finely sensitive in perception or feeling • sentiently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. having the power of perception by the senses. Derivatives: sentience n. sentiency n. sentiently adv. Etymology: L sentire feel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sentient Sen"ti*ent, a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sentient Sen"ti*ent, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A sentient being is capable of experiencing things through its senses. (FORMAL) ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Perceiving, perceptive, sensitive, feeling.

Moby Thesaurus

alive, alive to, au courant, awake, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, emotionable, feeling, impressible, impressionable, impressive, knowing, open, perceptive, reactive, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to, susceptible, susceptive, witting