English

Noun

propensenesse ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Inclination; propensity; tendency.
   • 1624: John Donne, Devotions 22.573

     There is a propensnesse to diseases in the body.

2. (obsolete) Intention; premeditation.
   • 1672: R. McWard, English Balance 53

     They must needs look upon the King of England, as the spring & source, of all that calamity they feel, or feare, and perceive his propensnesse, to ruine them.

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.