appetency

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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

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)

He says that tædium vitæ as in the case of Hamlet is due to ‘unchecked appetency of the ideal.’

From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark

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

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