v. Obs. rare. [a. Fr. appetisser (Cotgr.), 12th c. apetisier, mod. apetisser (on Romanic type *adpetītiāre), f. à to + petit small.] To make small, diminish, lessen.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, 91. All worldly thynges ben mortefyed and appetissed in olde men. Ibid. (1484), Ordre of Chyv., 85. Thus shalle be … yre and Inpacyence and the other uyces appetyced and lassed.
