单词 | propending |
释义 | > as lemmaspropending ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down pendent?a1300 dependentc1420 pendular1596 pensile1604 propending1642 pendulent1650 pendilatory1653 pendulous1656 depending1735 pendulant1804 hang-down1906 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > having a general tendency or direction > of material things propending1642 ponderous1792 1642 Answer to Ld. Digby's Apol. 38 The Letter to the Queens Majesty, from whence my enemies would make the inference, hath not..the least propending of advice any way. 1682 T. Gibson Anat. (1697) 25 Its propending part must..imitate the bottom of a pouch. 1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. I. i. 35 Laying himself [sc. a carcajou] flat along some propending branch, he waits till some elk passes, and throws himself upon him. < as lemmas |
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