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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sentience  \Sen"ti*ence\,  Sentiency  \Sen"ti*en*cy\,  n.  [See 
  {Sentient},  {Sentence}.] 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  sentient;  esp.,  the  quality  or 
  state  of  having  sensation.  --G.  H.  Lewes 
 
  An  example  of  harmonious  action  between  the 
  intelligence  and  the  sentieny  of  the  mind.  --Earle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sentience 
  n  1:  state  of  elementary  or  undifferentiated  consciousness;  "the 
  crash  intruded  on  his  awareness"  [syn:  {awareness}] 
  2:  the  faculty  through  which  the  external  world  is  apprehended 
  [syn:  {sense},  {sensation},  {sentiency},  {sensory  faculty}] 
  3:  the  readiness  to  perceive  sensations;  elementary  or 
  undifferentiated  consciousness:  "gave  sentience  to  slugs 
  and  newts"-  Richard  Eberhart  [ant:  {insentience}] 




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