per-sentisco, ĕre, 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. 916.—
II To feel deeply : viscera persentiscunt, Lucr. 3 (249).