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cathects

cathects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cathect.

Meaning of cathect

Verb

cathect (third-person singular simple present cathects, present participle cathecting, simple past and past participle cathected)

  1. (transitive) To focus one's emotional energies on someone or something.
    • 1978 [Simon & Schuster], M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled, 2012, Random House (Rider), page 105,
      The feeling of love is the emotion that accompanies the experience of cathecting. Cathecting, it will be remembered, is the process by which an object becomes important to us. Once cathected, the...

Questions about cathects

What is cathects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cathects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cathect.

Words near cathects in the dictionary

  1. cathected
  2. cathectic
  3. cathecting
  4. cathection
  5. cathections
  6. cathects
  7. cathed
  8. cathedra
  9. cathedrae
  10. cathedral
  11. cathedral cactus

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