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propension

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /pɹəˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Propensity.

    But I aſſeſt the gods, your full conſent, / Gaue vvings to my propenſion, and cut off / All feares attending on ſo dire a proiect, […].

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Synonyms
1 noun · propensity. affinitybagbentcup of coffeecup of joecup of teafancyliking

Etymology

From French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.

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