propense
adj/pɹəˈpɛns/
Etymology From Latin prōpensus, perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.
1
Archaic Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone.
- women propense to holiness
- 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature Book 3: Of Morals The most immediate effects of pleasure and pain are the propense and averse motions of the mind; which are diversified into volition, into desire and aversion, grief and joy, hope and fear
1 more example
- […] women are so earnestly delighted with this kind of men, as being more propense by nature to pleasure and toys.1668, Desiderius Erasmus, translated by John Wilson, The Praise of Folly:
2
Archaic, Postpositional Prepense.
- Derived terms
- propensed, propensely, propenseness, propensenesse, propensity