propense

comparative more propense · superlative most propense

1. archaicLeaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone.

   women propense to holiness

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   […] 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

   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.

   1740, [David Hume], A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book III (Of Morals), London: […] Thomas Longman, […], →OCLC

   Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious, in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.

   1858, Anthony Trollope, “Dr. Thorne”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 53

2. archaicpostpositionalPrepense.