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单词 propensation
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propensationn.

Forms: 1600s prospensation (transmission error).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōpēnsiō , -ation suffix.
Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin prōpēnsiō propension n. + -ation suffix (perhaps compare compensation n., dispensation n., perpensation n., etc.).
Obsolete. rare.
= propension n. 1a.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > to, towards, or for something
inclination?a1439
pronityc1475
forwardness1526
propensionc1530
proneness1548
propenseness1561
proclivitya1591
propensity1601
procliveness1623
propensation1650
resentment1655
verge1661
gravitating1816
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico ix. 43 He,..in riding the great horse, and practising his weapon, more delighted to exercise his body, then his mind. [margin] Prospensation [sic] to Armes [L. Propensio ad arma].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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