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Sapience

noun
1.
Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight.  Synonym: wisdom.






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"Sapience" Quotes from Famous Books



... dreams? are you That brother-sister Psyche, both in one? You were that Psyche, but what are you now?' 'You are that Psyche,' said Cyril, 'for whom I would be that for ever which I seem, Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your scattered sapience.' Then once more, 'Are you that Lady Psyche,' I began, 'That on her bridal morn before she past From all her old companions, when the kind Kissed her pale cheek, declared that ancient ties Would still be dear beyond the southern hills; That were there any of our ...
— The Princess • Alfred Lord Tennyson

... stars his glowing chambers hung, Or songs of gladness woke an angel's tongue, Veil'd in the splendors of his beamful mind, In blest repose thy placid form reclined, Lived in his life, his inward sapience caught, And traced and toned his universe of thought. Borne thro the expanse with his creating voice Thy presence bade the unfolding worlds rejoice, Led forth the systems on their bright career, Shaped all their curves and fashion'd every sphere, Spaced out their suns, and round each ...
— The Columbiad • Joel Barlow



Words linked to "Sapience" :   profundity, judgment, depth, know-how, astuteness, judgement, sapient, deepness, profoundness, sagacity, discernment, sagaciousness



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