appetency

Example Sentences

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These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

But the hypothesis of appetency and volition, as of natural selection, are less applicable, less intelligible, in connection with the changes in the teeth.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The doctrine of appetency attributed to Lamarck is without foundation.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

If the word veut has suggested the doctrine of appetency in meaning has been pushed too far by the critics of Lamarck.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Here he yields nothing, as he owes nothing, to that appetency which binds him to the natural world.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton