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propension
[ pruh-pen-shuhn ]
/ prəˈpɛn ʃən /
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noun Archaic.
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How to use propension in a sentence
Some, either from having been linked to vice by a natural propension or long practice, cannot see its deformity.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete|Michel de MontaigneIt is said of Dr. Main, that his propension to innocent raillery was so great, that it kept him company even after death.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)|Theophilus CibberThis propension has drawn on him, tho' very unjustly, the censure of some grave men.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)|Theophilus CibberYou have the same propension, that I have, in favour of what is contiguous above what is remote.
A Treatise of Human Nature|David Hume