appetency

[ap-i-tuh n-see]

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noun, plural ap·pe·ten·cies.

appetence.

Origin of appetency

1620–30; < Latin appetentia a craving for, equivalent to appetent- (stem of appetēns, present participle of appetere; see appetence) + -ia -ia; see -ency

Examples from the Web for appetency

Historical Examples

We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.
Dynamic Thought
William Walker Atkinson
The church of Durham, he said, was the great object of their appetency.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.
E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
This is the reason why beauty is to all creatures an object of appetency, of desire and of love.
Delsarte System of Oratory
Various
Many young animals evidence little or nothing more than "Appetency" in suckling.
Dynamic Thought
William Walker Atkinson
Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various

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Examples from the Web for appetency

Historical Examples

We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.

The church of Durham, he said, was the great object of their appetency.

This is the reason why beauty is to all creatures an object of appetency, of desire and of love.

Many young animals evidence little or nothing more than "Appetency" in suckling.

Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.

Origin of appetency