Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic)Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone.

    women propense to holiness

  2. (archaic, postpositional)Prepense.

Origin

From Latin prōpensus, perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.

From Latin prōpensus, perfect passive participle of prōpendeō.

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Forms

more propense, most propense
Comparativemore propense Lesson
Superlativemost propense Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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