Bible Dictionaries
Sentient

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

(2):

(a.) Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sentient'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sentient.html. 1828.