appetency

Example Sentences

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It is that sense of life-preserving and life-enhancing appetency which is the conscious accompaniment of struggle.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

Was the appetency of the ideal strong in Hamlet? 

From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark

Inclination is an excited state of desire or appetency; as, a strong inclination to the study of the law.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

This at first suggests an appetency for another language like the dog-Latin gibberish of children.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah