propense
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- propensely adverb
- propenseness noun
Etymology
Origin of propense
1520–30; < Latin prōpēnsus, past participle of prōpendēre to propend
Example Sentences
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Nor were the Arabs less propense to liberality after the coming of Mohammed than their ancestors had been.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George
Thus so-aomaidh, easily induced, propense; so-iomchair, easily carried; do-innsidh, difficult to be told; and not soamaidh, doinnsidh, &c., without the hyphen.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
One might think that I had brought him to my knees, malice propense.
From Madcap by Gibbs, George
This indeed is a conclusion to which the unprincipled and the vicious are ever propense.
From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William
It might seem that he was about this time in a state of feeling propense to love.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
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