Definition of "sensate" in English

adjective

1. Perceived by one or more of the senses.

2. Having the ability to sense things physically.

3. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.

verb

1. (transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.

   • to sensate light, or an odour
   • R. Hooke As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye.