a. rare–1. [f. L. vēnāt-, ppl. stem of vēnārī to hunt.] Inclined to hunting.
1660. R. Coke, Justice Vind., Arts & Sci., 22. Take a Hare, Dear, or Fox, &c. and let them be kept among Hounds in their kennel, or so that the venatious appetite of them is not excited, and they will not meddle with them.
