propensenesse

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noun

Inclination; propensity; tendency.

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Meanings

nounpropensenesse (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableInclination; propensity; tendency.

    There is a propensnesse to diseases in the body.

    1624, John Donne, Devotions, section 22.573
  2. obsoleteuncountableIntention; premeditation.

    They must needs look upon the King of England, as the spring & source, of all that calamity they feel, or feare, and perceive his propensnesse, to ruine them.

    1672, R. McWard, English Balance, section 53

Origin

From propense + -nesse.

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