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cathect

[kuh-thekt, ka-]

verb (used with object) Psychoanalysis.

to invest emotion or feeling in (an idea, object, or another person).

Origin:
1930–35; back-formation from cathectic relating to cathexis

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cathect
verb
inject with libidinal energy

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