appetency

Example Sentences

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It was something like having a sixth sense bestowed on him—this new appetency for all manner of things towards which until now he had only felt a vague indifference.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie

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

The third sort, or Perception regulated by animal appetency, is that in which the brain directs from within, such movements of the muscular fibres, as are requisite for the execution of any purpose.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Intellectualism would make will merely the concluding phase of thought, while voluntarism would reduce thought to one of the interests of a general appetency.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton