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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This indeed is a conclusion to which the unprincipled and the vicious are ever propense.
From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William
It is, however, not to be omitted, that he appears always propense towards the side of mercy.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel
Thou know'st Achilles fiery, and propense Blame to impute even where blame is none.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
I shall provide in them a particular antidote to those defects to which nature has made you most propense.
From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William
But high priests’ servants are propense to follow the swaggering gait of their masters, and to carry things with a high hand, in such wise as to excite the choler of the most quiet.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
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