Meaning of Appetency

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Appetency

1. 1
   n.

   Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.

2. 2
   n.

   Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.

3. 3
   n.

   Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

4. 4
   n.

   Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.

5. 5
   n.

   Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.

6. 6
   n.

   Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.