Obs. [f. prec. sb. Cf. to stomach.]
1. To have an appetite for; to desire greatly, long for, seek after.
c. 1385. Chaucer, L. G. W., 1582. As matier apetiteth forme alwey [v.r. appetith; see APPETE].
1481. Caxton, Myrr., I. v. 17. Thise philosophres apetyted not these grete mangeries.
1502. Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W.), I. vii. (1506), 53. It behoueth yt a creature resonable loue god and hym appetyte soueraynly.
1652. Culpepper, Eng. Phys. (ed. Parkins, 1809), 220. Such whose stomachs are so weak they cannot … appetite it.
b. with inf. phr.
1484. Caxton, Curial, 2. She appetyteth and desireth to haue that thyng whyche she hath not.
1531. Elyot, Governor, I. (1534), 78 b (T.). Appetiting by generation to bring forthe his semblable.
2. To fulfil the desires of, satisfy.
1509. Fisher, Wks. (1876), 251. Persons inordynately desyrous for to haue worldly pleasures … shall neuer be … appetyted.
