Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Cognizance by the senses or intellect; apprehension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apprehension; cognition. 2. (n.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apprehending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception. 3. (n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility. 4. (n.) An idea; a notion.

Multi-Version Concordance Perception (1 Occurrence) Philippians 1:9 And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ, (WEY)