From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsentientsen‧tient /ˈsenʃənt/ adjective formal or technical EXISTable to experience things through your senses Man is a sentient being.
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sentient• They are states that all sentient beings have a good reason to want.• Her aviary at Prides was a carnival of sentient color and living sound.• These two possible views of the Ring are kept up throughout the three volumes: sentient creature, or psychic amplifier.• Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees, and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue.• But there was no sign of any sentient life or activity.• Vologsky was like a zombie, existing on the outermost fringe of sentient life.• Here, the patient, though chronically dependent on the ventilator is a conscious, sentient person.• Best of all, Uulaa is a Freeworld, without local sentient population and so outside the Federation.Origin sentient (1600-1700) Latin present participle of sentire “to feel, notice” 