resipiscent

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  1. Restored to one's senses; right-minded. [Rare.] Grammar, in the end, resipiscent and sane as of old. goes forth properly clothed and in its right mind. F. Hall, F alse Philol., p. 67.

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  1. from Latin resipiscen (t-) s, present participle of resipiscere, recover one's senses, come to oneself again, recover, inceptive of resipere, savor, taste of, from re-, again, + sapere, taste, also be wise: see sapient.
 

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