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desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay. Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt Shak.

ree use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot.

ing; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offer…

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl.

The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

Absence of sexual appetite.

Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.] I never ate with angrier appetite. Tennyson.

tinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Coxe.

Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n.

Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale.

To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.

Something which creates or whets an appetite.

Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.

Want of appetite; loathing of food.

ssen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge. Byron.