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Meaning of ORECTIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O*rec"tic\, a. [Gr. 'orektiko`s, fr. 'o`rexis, yearning
after, from 'ore`gein to reach after.] (Philos.)
Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to
gratification; appetitive.
 

 

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