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appetible, a. and n.|ˈæpɪtɪb(ə)l|
[ad. L. appetībil-is desirable, f. appetĕre: see appete and -ble.]
A. adj.
†1. Having appetite or affinity; attractive. Obs.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashm. (1652) 1, Kynd to kynde hath appetyble inclynacyon.
2. Worthy of being sought after, desirable.
1622Mabbe Aleman's Guzman D' Alf. ii. 307 Such Graces are Appetible in their owne nature. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 259/2 The Appetible Object, which moveth the Appetite. 1847Blackw. Mag. LXI. 589 The appetible fruit.
†B. n. An object of desire. Obs.
a1716South Serm. IV. v. (R.) Sufficient to draw forth, and determine the actings of it [the will], unless there interpose some stronger appetible. |