egence
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin egens, egentis, present participle of egere (“to be needy, suffer want”).
Noun
editegence (countable and uncountable, plural egences)
- 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
edit“egence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.