Beyer Fig from Saturday

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I think this is your department.

OK, by request.

It is sense not "sence"

Main Entry: sense
Pronunciation: 'sen(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French sen, sens sensation, feeling, mechanism of perception, meaning, from Latin sensus, from sentire to perceive, feel; perhaps akin to Old High German sinnan to go, strive, Old English sith journey -- more at SEND
1 : a meaning conveyed or intended : IMPORT, SIGNIFICATION; especially : one of a set of meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as segregated in a dictionary entry
2 a : the faculty of perceiving by means of sense organs b : a specialized function or mechanism (as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch) by which an animal receives and responds to external or internal stimuli c : the sensory mechanisms constituting a unit distinct from other functions (as movement or thought)
3 : conscious awareness or rationality -- usually used in plural <finally came to his senses>