Third-person singular present tense of cathect; when someone or something channels emotional or psychological energy onto a particular focus.
From cathect, the verb form derived from cathexis in Freudian psychology. The -s suffix indicates singular third-person present tense in English.
Every person cathects differently—your friend might cathect onto sports while you cathect onto music, showing how unique our emotional investments really are.
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