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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a feeling of craving something;
- Example: "an appetite for life"
- Example: "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
[syn: appetite, appetency, appetence]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Appetence \Ap"pe*tence\, n. [Cf. F. app['e]tence. See
   Appetency.]
   A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite;
   appetency.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

appetence
    n 1: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life";
         "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as
         possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: appetite, appetency,
         appetence]