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Webster 1913 Edition
Propense
Pro-pense′
,Adj.
[L.
propensus
, p. p. See Propend
.] Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone;
as, women
. propense
to holinessHooker.
– Pro-pense′ly
, adv.
Pro-pense′ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Propense
PROPENSE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
propense
propense
English
Adjective
propense (comparative more propense, superlative most propense)
- (archaic) Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness.
Derived terms
- propensely
- propenseness
References
- propense in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
prōpense
- vocative masculine singular of prōpensus
References
- propense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- propense in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers