reperceive means to perceive again, usually in a different way. It carries an Arena rating of 1448, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, reperceive ranks #4,196 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,814 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #5,393 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #5,587 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
Why “reperceive” is a great word
To perceive something again with a fundamental shift in the sensory or cognitive act of awareness itself. From the English prefix re- ("again") appended to perceive, itself from the Latin percipere ("to seize entirely, understand"). Unlike "reconsider," which implies a revised judgment, or "reinterpret," which assigns a new meaning, to reperceive is to return to the raw moment of apprehension. It is the sudden recognition of a friend's face in a crowd of strangers, the moment a camouflaged creature snaps into focus, or hearing a familiar melody in a foreign tongue. It is the quiet revelation that the world waits, patient and immense, for our attention to renew it.
Etymology
From re- + perceive.
verb
- To perceive again, usually in a different way.
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