propend
English
Etymology
From Latin prōpendēre.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹə(ʊ)ˈpɛnd/
Verb
propend (third-person singular simple present propends, present participle propending, simple past and past participle propended)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To incline or lean.
- To be inclined; to have a propensity to.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
- Yet that which is above all this, the favour and the love of heav'n we have great argument to think in a peculiar manner propitious and propending towards us.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
Related terms
- propensity