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<hw>Ap*per"ti*nent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging; appertaining.</def> <altsp>[Now usually written <asp>appurtenant</asp>.]</altsp>

<i> Coleridge.</i>

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<hw>Ap*per"ti*nent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ap*pete"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appetere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>app\'82ter</ets>. See <er>Appetite</er>.]</ety> <def>To seek for; to desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Ap"pe*tence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>app\'82tence</ets>. See <er>Appetency</er>.]</ety> <def>A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.</def>

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<hw>Ap"pe*ten*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Appetencies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>appetentia</ets>, fr. <ets>appetere</ets> to strive after, long for. See <er>Appetite</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.</def>

<blockquote>They had a strong <b>appetency</b> for reading. <i>Merivale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or <b>appetency</b> the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. <i>E. Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.</def>

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<hw>Ap"pe*tent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appetens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>appetere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Desiring; eagerly desirous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Appetent</b> after glory and renown. <i>Sir G. Buck.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Appetibility</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pe*ti*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>app\'82tibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being desirable.</def>

<i>Bramhall.</i>

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<hw>Ap"pe*ti*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appetibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>appetere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>app\'82tible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.</def>

<i>Bramhall.</i>

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<hw>Ap"pe*tite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>appetit</ets>, F. <ets>app\'82tit</ets>, fr. L. <ets>appetitus</ets>, fr. <ets>appetere</ets> to strive after, long for; <ets>ad + petere</ets> to seek. See <er>Petition</er>, and cf. <er>Appetence</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.</def>

<blockquote>The object of <b>appetite</b> it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>