per
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pient
Plural
percipients
1
a person who perceives or becomes aware of things through the senses
- The percipient described the scene in vivid detail.
- As the only percipient, she testified about the accident.
- The report relied on accounts from multiple percipients.
- The percipient noticed a faint smell of smoke.
- Investigators interviewed every percipient of the strange event.