English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Apperception (n.)

The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.

Apperil (n.)

Peril.

Appertain (v. i.)

To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

Appertained (imp. & p. p.)

of Appertain

Appertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Appertain

Appertainment (n.)

That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance.

Appertinance (n.)

Alt. of Appertinence

Appertinence (n.)

See Appurtenance.

Appertinent (a.)

Belonging; appertaining.

Appertinent (n.)

That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.

Appete (v. t.)

To seek for; to desire.

Appetence (n.)

A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

Appetencies (pl. )

of Appetency

Appetency (n.)

Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.

Appetency (n.)

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.

Appetency (n.)

Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

Appetent (a.)

Desiring; eagerly desirous.

Appetibility (n.)

The quality of being desirable.

Appetible (a.)

Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.

Appetite (n.)

The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.