Sentence:  A century ago , Newman <WSD>saw</WSD> that liberalism ( what we now might call secularism ) would gradually but definitely make its mark on English Protestantism , and that even high Anglicanism would someday no longer be a `` serviceable breakwater against doctrinal errors more fundamental than its own '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  perceive (an idea or situation) mentally