Appetence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appetence \Ap"pe*tence\, n. [Cf. F. app['e]tence. See
     {Appetency}.]
     A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite;
     appetency.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appetence
       n : a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the
           object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as
           possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: {appetite}, {appetency}]