The natural constitution or capacities of a person or animal. The natural instincts, desires, etc., that drive or determine the behaviour of a…

The action of making ready or inclined; preparation; disposition, inclination: see dispose, v. 5 6.

The state or quality of being disposed, inclined, or ‘in the mind’ (to something, or to do something); inclination (sometimes = desire, intention…

Natural tendency.

figurative. Inclination; declension, decline.

The action of removing; removal; putting or taking away; (also) the removal of a person from a position or office. Now rare and historical.

A tendency or disposition to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a readiness or willingness… Without following prepositional phrase…

A tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a preference for something. Also: a tendency toward a particular physical condition…

The fact or condition of liking or preferring something; inclination, liking for; †appreciation.

Tendency, inclination; also, the general character or nature (of a thing). Obsolete.

The condition of being deflected, inclined, or turned in some direction; a turn, twist, inclination; direction given by bending; cast (of the eye)…

Impulse; inclination, tendency: = swinge, n.1 3. Obsolete.

Proclivity, inclination, tendency towards.

Habitual tendency or predisposition; inclination, propensity, proneness. of persons.

Impetus, impulse, driving power (of something non-physical, as passion, will, etc.); inclination; drift, tendency. of one's own swinge: of one's…

figurative. Natural or unconscious course, progress, process (of action, argument, †time, etc.); esp. in reference to direction or probable…

Tendency, inclination; determination (of the mind, character, action, etc.) in a certain direction; often = settled direction, fixed habit. Also spec.…

Predilection, inclination; an instance of this, a ‘penchant’. Obsolete.

The quality or state of being disposed; inclination, disposition.

Inclination or bias in a certain direction; occasionally deviation from a course of action. Obsolete (in later use Scottish).

figurative. Inclination, bias; tendency, ‘penchant’.

Inclination, tendency. Obsolete.

figurative. A mental or moral bending or turning.

A tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; inclination, readiness, willingness. Also: the quality or character of being easily…

Of things: Natural tendency towards. Obsolete.

General course or tendency; general character or condition. Obsolete.

The fact or quality of tending to something; a constant disposition to move or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or purpose…

= tendency, n. 1.

Natural tendency, propensity, or disposition.

transferred and figurative. The fact or condition of being attracted towards an object or point of influence; natural tendency (to or towards); in…

Tendency to move in a specified direction; attraction to or towards an object; = propensity, n. 2. Obsolete.

The tendency of a biased bowl to follow a curving course or path. Obsolete.

Tendency.

A tendency to bend or be bent; a strain. Obsolete.

Inclination, tendency.

The action or fact of tending; aim, tendency.

The act or fact of verging or inclining towards some condition, etc.; tendency, leaning; an instance of this. Also const. to, toward. Obsolete.

An inclination, tendency, or impetus. rare.

Of an action, process, etc.: to tend to produce a particular outcome or effect, or result in a particular state of affairs.

figurative. Direction of feeling, inclination, etc., towards a single point; tendency or trend in a particular direction; attraction towards a…

Instinctive inclination or propensity.

A steady movement or development from one state, situation, etc., towards another; an onward course; a tendency.

The action or fact of leaning too much; excessive inclination.