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Meaning of CONCUPISCIBLE

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*cu`pis*ci*ble\, a. [Cf. F. concupiscible.]
1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence;
   provoking lustful desires. --Shak.

2. Exciting desire, good or evil.

         The schools reduce all the passions to these two
         heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite.
                                               --South.

 

 

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