propension
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of propension
1520–30; < Latin prōpēnsiōn- (stem of prōpēnsiō ) inclination. See propense, -ion
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Mrs. Pilkington has represented him as a tyrant in his family, and has discovered in him a violent propension to be absolute in every company where he was.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Theophilus Cibber
Pleased with the sight of this, and having a natural propension to the study, the lady snatched it out of the philosopher's hand, and asked him why he had not made more?
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Theophilus Cibber
King James of Scotland, who with but few regal qualities, yet certainly had a propension to literature, and was an encourager of learned men, took Mr. Alexander early into his favour.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber
You have the same propension, that I have, in favour of what is contiguous above what is remote.
From A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
But her most prevailing propension was to poetry.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Theophilus Cibber
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