Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Sentient
Sen′ti·ent (sĕn′shĭ·ent or ·shent; 277), a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
Sen′ti·ent, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.