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cathect
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ca·thect  (k-thkt, k-)
tr.v. ca·thect·ed, ca·thect·ing, ca·thects
To invest emotional energy in (a person, object or idea).

[Back-formation from cathexis.]

ca·thectic adj.
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Verb1.cathect - inject with libidinal energy
energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"


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Psychically, then, the virtual experience may be more cathected and more "real" than the embodied equivalent.
[were] highly charged," at "the morning wakening and the evening preparations for bedtime," an d when the child was sick, (34) it is likely that she was more highly cathected than the modern day-care worker.
I quote: "I remember feeling incredibly angry when I realized that my relation to Artforum was over because of course I had cathected onto the magazine.
 
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