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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sensate

· Sen·sate · IPA /ˈsɛn.seɪt/
01 v. t. To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
imp. & p. p. Sensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sensating
  1. 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.
02 a. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
  1. 1.
    Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.[R.]