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.