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perceant, a. poet. arch. or Obs.|ˈpɜːsənt| Also 4–7 persant, 5 perceaunt, persand, 5–6 persaunt. [a. F. perçant, pr. pple. of percer to pierce.] Penetrative, keen, piercing. lit. and fig.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. i. 155 And portatyf and persant as þe poynt of a nedle. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. i. i. 47 He was a man of..persand vndirstandynge. c1400Rom. Rose 2809 Hir laughing eyen, persaunt and clere. c1530Crt. Love 849 Now am I caught, and unwar sodenly With persant stremes of your yën clere. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. x. 47 All were his earthly eien both blunt and bad,..Yet wondrous quick and persaunt was his spright. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. vi. 11 Pellucid, milde, subtill, cleare, sweet, persant, soone hot and colde. 1819Keats Lamia ii. 301 The sophist's eye, Like a sharp spear,..Keen, cruel, perceant, stinging. |