Meanings
adjectiveproclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)
comparative more proclive · superlative most proclive
- archaicHaving a tendency by nature; prone
Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up The golden spray of multitudinous worlds In measure to the proclive weight and rush Of His inner nature […]
1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLCSynonyms: proclivous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a tendency by nature; prone
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Origin
- Latinprōclīvis“sloping, inclined”
- Englishproclive
From Latin prōclīvis (“sloping, inclined”).
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