propendent
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]propendent (comparative more propendent, superlative most propendent)
- Inclining forward or toward
- a. 1716, Robert South, a sermon of Ecclesiastes vii. 10.
- In respect of the nature of the thing itself ; which we have seen is equally propendent to both parts , and not discernable which way the balance inclines
- a. 1716, Robert South, a sermon of Ecclesiastes vii. 10.
Derived terms
[edit]Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “propendent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]prōpendent