A sentient being is one who perceives or responds to sensations of whatever kind—sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell. Sentient ultimately comes from the Latin verb sentire, which means "to …

Someone involved in preaching, relieving pain, or in breeding contented sentient beings, rats perhaps, can go on holiday or retire.

2 meanings: 1. having the power of sense perception or sensation; conscious 2. rare a sentient person or thing.... Click for more definitions.

SENTIENT definition: having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. See examples of sentient used in a sentence.

Sentience is simply awareness prior to the arising of Skandha. Thus, an animal qualifies as a sentient being.

Definition of sentient adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Having sense perception; conscious: "The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" (T.E. Lawrence). 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.