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sapient


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sapient  \Sa"pi*ent\,  a.  [L.  sapiens,  -entis,  p.  pr  of  sapere  to 
  taste,  to  have  sense  to  know  See  {Sage},  a.] 
  Wise;  sage;  discerning;  --  often  in  irony  or  contempt. 
 
  Where  the  sapient  king  Held  dalliance  with  his  fair 
  Egyptian  spouse.  --Milton. 
 
  Syn:  Sage;  sagacious;  knowing;  wise;  discerning. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sapient 
  adj  :  acutely  insightful  and  wise;  "much  too  perspicacious  to  be 
  taken  in  by  such  a  spurious  argument";  "observant  and 
  thoughtful,  he  was  given  to  asking  sagacious 
  questions";  "a  source  of  valuable  insights  and  sapient 
  advice  to  educators"  [syn:  {perspicacious},  {sagacious}] 




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