† appetev.
Obsolete.
To seek after, desire, covet, long for.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)]
willeOE
wilnec897
desirec1230
catcha1350
appetec1385
appetitec1385
to wait after ——1393
to set (also have, keep, turn) one's mind onc1450
list1545
exopt1548
to have a mind1553
desiderate1646
lust1653
to have eyes for1657
like1685
want1698
choose1766
to be stuck on1878
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1582 Matire appetith [v.r. apetitith, appetyteth] forme alwey.
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cviij Ambycyon, whose dyposycyon, Is honour to appete.
1577 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. E.iv What sensuall concupiscence appeteth.
1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 110 Would never appete this separation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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