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† proˈpendency Obs. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ency.]
a. Inclination, tendency.
b. Weighing, deliberation.
1660tr. Amyraldus' Treat. conc. Relig. iii. i. 305 When a thing is equally counterpoised on both sides..to determine the dubious propendency he observes in it. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. ii. 57 An act far above the animal actings, which are sudden and transient, and admit not of that attention, mora, and propendency of actions. |