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Webster 1913 Edition

Appetition

Apˊpe-ti′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

appetitio

: cf. F.

appétition

.]

Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.

Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Appetition

APPETI'TION

,

Noun.

[L. appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.]

Definition 2024

appetition

appetition

English

Noun

appetition ‎(plural appetitions)

A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
Hence law is intelligence without appetition. - Aristotle: The Politics, T.A. Sinclair Trans., Book 3 Ch 14, Par 1287a10, Penguin Group 1962.

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