† persenˈtiscency Obs. rare.
[f. L. persentiscent-em, pr. pple. of persentiscĕre to perceive clearly, f. per- 2 + sentiscĕre to perceive, detect.]
Direct or intuitive perception of truth and certainty.
| 1712 H. More's Antid. Ath. Schol. on App. vi. §7 Let him consider that this very Persentiscency is one of our faculties... This internal Persentiscency may in some measure, though at a great distance, imitate that divine..Certitude. |