Appertinent
(Ap*per"ti*nent), n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.] Shak.
Appete
(Ap*pete") v. t. [L. appetere: cf. F. appéter. See Appetite.] To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Appetence
(Ap"pe*tence) n. [Cf. F. appétence. See Appetency.] A longing; a desire; especially an
ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
Appetency
(Ap"pe*ten*cy) n.; pl. Appetencies [L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for.
See Appetite.]
1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
They had a strong appetency for reading.
Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the
young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to
seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as
is agreeable to their palate.
E. Darwin.
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; — used of inanimate objects.
Appetent
(Ap"pe*tent) a. [L. appetens, p. pr. of appetere.] Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.]
Appetent after glory and renown.
Sir G. Buck.
Appetibility
(Ap`pe*ti*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. appétibilité.] The quality of being desirable. Bramhall.
Appetible
(Ap"pe*ti*ble) a. [L. appetibilis, fr. appetere: cf. F. appétible.] Desirable; capable or worthy
of being the object of desire. Bramhall.
Appetite
(Ap"pe*tite) n. [OE. appetit, F. appétit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for;
ad + petere to seek. See Petition, and cf. Appetence.]
1. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good
which reason does lead us to seek.
Hooker.
2. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
Men must have appetite before they will eat.
Buckle.
3. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
Jer. Taylor.
To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.
Macaulay.
4. Tendency; appetency. [Obs.]
In all bodies there as an appetite of union.
Bacon.
5. The thing desired. [Obs.]
Power being the natural appetite of princes.
Swift.
