† aˈppete, v. Obs.
[a. Fr. appéte-r (14th c. in Littré), ad. L. appetĕre, f. ap- = ad- to + petĕre to seek.]
To seek after, desire, covet, long for.
| c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1582 Matire appetith [v.r. apetitith, appetyteth] forme alwey. c 1530 Rhodes Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. 105 What sensuall concupiscence appeteth. 1538 Bale Thre Lawes 1018 Ambycyon, whose dyposycyon Is honour to appete. 1685 Sir G. Mackenzie Relig. Stoic xiii. 117 Would never appete this separation. |