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Meanings of sentient in English

Catalan
sensitiu
Spanish
sensible

Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.

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sensitiu

Sentient.

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Examples for "animate"
Examples for "animate"
1
Golems need to have a spell on their body to animate them.
The Magician
2
Certainly there is nothing terribly exotic in the chemicals that animate us.
A short history of nearly everything
3
These are the same feelings that animate the lowest and basest mob.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. / Interviews
4
The unexpected fervour of this grunt seemed to animate the little model.
Fraternity
5
It is positive, persistent, prevalent, the whole animate existence expressed in it.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
Usage of sentient in English
1
Activity is good, he said, especially activity that benefits other sentient beings.
BBC
2
I often ask myself if I have violated these sentient beings' rights?
Wired
3
Actually, they were concerned as to whether the thing was truly sentient.
My Name is Legion
4
Without him, hope for all sentient beings has at last been extinguished.
Halo Silentium
5
She'd just made first contact with a tool-using, clearly sentient, alien race.
More Than Honor
6
To believe that she was sentient was more than one could bear.
Way Station
7
The contrary is the case with these sentient mirrors of our spirits.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
8
When human civilizations fell, sentient machines were left to roam, to interact.
Analog sff, december 2009
9
The notion that Biden was less than sentient was left in tatters.
The Guardian
10
We have sentient, big-brained creatures that are monstrous in size right now.
The Guardian
11
All the while he was talking volubly and without a sentient purpose.
The Rose in the Ring
12
It begins across the galaxy on a planet inhabited by sentient plants.
The Guardian
13
Think of all sentient beings as thy children.-Tenetsof the Soto Sect.
The Essence of Buddhism
14
All that made this flesh vital, sentient, and affectionate is gone forever.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
15
That won't prove that the Pattern is sentient, just that it's sensitive.
The Great Book of Amber
16
They're not sentient like she is, and they'd hardly function without her.
Stars rain down
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Spanish
sensible
Sentient through the time
Sentient across language varieties
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