What does "sensate" mean?

Sensate: To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor. As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. [R.] Baxter.

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