propend

verb — 2 senses

propend

verb

UK /pɹə(ʊ)ˈpɛnd/

Etymology From Latin prōpendēre.

1

Obsolete To incline or lean.

2

To be inclined; to have a propensity to.

  • Yet that which is above all this, the favour and the love of heav'n we have great argument to think in a peculiar manner propitious and propending towards us.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
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propensity

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