a. [ad. L. appetent-em, pr. pple. of appetĕre: see APPETE and -ENT.]
1. Longing, eagerly desirous. Const. after, of.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., IV. 697. [Oxen] ever appetent metes to seek.
1646. Sir G. Buck, Rich. III., 60 (T.). Knowing the Earle to be thirsty and Appetent after Glory and Renowne.
1861. Hook, Lives Abps., I. iv. 165. Eager to be instructed and appetent of knowledge.
2. Metaph. Connected with desire and volition.
1837. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaph., xli. (1877), II. 415. The mental modifications were divided into Gnostic or Cognitive, and Orectic or Appetent.
