I.v. intens. a.
I. To perceive clearly, to detect (ante-class.): “nunc ne legio persentiscat, clam illuc redeundum'st mihi,” Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28; id. Aul. 1, 1, 24: “ubi possem persentiscere, Ni essem lapis,” Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 43.—
II. To feel deeply: “viscera persentiscunt,” Lucr. 3 (249).