Definition of Cathect

1. Verb. Inject with libidinal energy.


Definition of Cathect

1. Verb. To focus one's emotional energies on something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cathect

1. to invest with psychic energy [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathect

catharpings
catharpins
catharses
catharsis
cathartic
cathartical
cathartically
catharticals
cathartick
cathartics
cathartid
cathartin
cathartine
cathead
catheads
cathect (current term)
cathected
cathectic
cathecting
cathects
cathedra
cathedrae
cathedral
cathedral ceiling
cathedral close
cathedral closes
cathedralic
cathedrals
cathedras
cathedrated

Literary usage of Cathect

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1. Tales about Christmas by Peter Parley (1838)
"^__^ holiday. eated, the pe=«-' 'lessing- which ¥"*- appears from e York cathecT be handsome ;J>ers are of in honour of ur of — ff-' ..."

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