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单词 egence
释义

egence

English

Etymology

From Latin egens, egentis, present participle of egere (to be needy, suffer want).

Noun

egence (countable and uncountable, plural egences)

  1. The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
    • 1876, John Grote, Treatise on Moral Ideals
      Egence is the life of the universe : the highest forms of egence are variously called ' love ' : the lowest are simple appetence , perhaps merely physical .

References

egence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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