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View synonyms for appetence

appetence

[ ap-i-tuhns ]

noun

  1. intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.
  2. instinctive inclination or natural tendency.
  3. material or chemical attraction or affinity.


appetence

/ ˈæpɪtəns /

noun

  1. a natural craving or desire
  2. a natural or instinctive inclination
  3. an attraction or affinity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • appe·tent adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appetence1

1600–10; appete (obsolete) to seek for, long for (< Latin appetere, equivalent to ap- ap- 1 + petere to seek) + -ence; or < French appétence
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appetence1

C17: from Latin appetentia, from appetere to crave
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Example Sentences

Ergo, the terrestrial or the Life of Nature ever the shadow and opposite of the Divine is appropriative, absorbing appetence.

For perception in any subject is vain, unless it can desire, and appetence is useless, unless it can move.

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