appense (apens)

[L. appensus, pp. of appendere: see append.] Hanging from above; specifically, in bot., pendulous: applied to ovules attached to the sides or angles of the ovary, and drooping. [Rare.] appenset (a-pens'), v. t. [OF. appenser, append (a seal), We haue caused. our seale thereunto to be ap pensed. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 158. (N. E. D. ) appetence The recognition or apperception of these truths by men. Maurice. (N. E. D.) Active apperception. See active. - Pure apperception, in the Kantian philos., the bare consciousne of self, the mere "I" or "I think." See self-consciousne . - Unity of apperception, that unity of consciousne by virtue of which its contents (perceptions, thoughts, etc.) coexist for it; the pure self or "I" to which the contents of one and the same mind must be referred.