propense
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of propense
1520–30; < Latin prōpēnsus, past participle of prōpendēre to propend
Example Sentences
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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 Alexander Stewart
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 Samuel Johnson
This indeed is a conclusion to which the unprincipled and the vicious are ever propense.
From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin
But his great abstinence of all was from Sleep, and strange it was that one of such a Fleshly and sanguine composition, could overwatch so many heavy propense inclinations to Rest.
From Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles by Various
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 George Sale
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