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CATHECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cathect mean?
• CATHECT (verb)
The verb CATHECT has 1 sense:
1. inject with libidinal energy
Familiarity information: CATHECT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they cathect ... he / she / it cathects
Past simple: cathected
Past participle: cathected
-ing form: cathecting
... he / she / it cathects Past simple: cathected
Past participle: cathected
-ing form: cathecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inject with libidinal energy
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "cathect" is one way to...):
arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
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