Animadversive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Animadversive \An`i*mad*ver"sive\, a.
     Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [Archaic]
     --Glanvill.
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           I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas


           glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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