Ap`per*ceive" (&?;), v. t. [F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.] To perceive; to comprehend. Chaucer.
Ap`per*cep"tion (&?;), n. [Pref. ad- + perception: cf. F. apperception.] (Metaph.) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception. Leibnitz. Reid.
This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Ap*per"il (&?;), n. Peril. [Obs.] Shak.
Ap`per*tain" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appertained (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.] To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
Things appertaining to this life.
Hooker.
Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth.
Lev. vi. 5.
Ap`per*tain"ment, n. That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
{ Ap*per"ti*nance (&?;), Ap*per"ti*nence (&?;), } n. See Appurtenance.
Ap*per"ti*nent (&?;), a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.
Ap*per"ti*nent, n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.] Shak.
Ap*pete" (&?;), v. t. [L. appetere: cf. F. appéter. See Appetite.] To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ap"pe*tence (&?;), n. [Cf. F. appétence. See Appetency.] A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
Ap"pe*ten*cy (&?;), n.; pl. Appetencies (&?;). [L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.] 1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
They had a strong appetency for reading.
Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.
E. Darwin.