Sensate \Sen"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sensating}.] [See {Sensated}.] To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor. As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. --R. Hooke.