A particular (usually specified) character, disposition, or outlook existing in or animating a person or group of people.

Turn of mind, inclination, bent. Obsolete except with defining words, as an instance of sense 1.

Mental or emotional tendency; disposition. Chiefly with to or infinitive. Cf. inclination, n. 1b. Obsolete.

An inclination or leaning (away from or towards anything); a mental bias. Obsolete.

Special bent, vein, or talent in writing. Now rare or Obsolete.

with the notion of ‘bent’ or ‘turn’ emphasized.

Liking for or attraction to a person or thing; natural inclination towards something; sympathy and understanding for something; an instance of this.

Power of ‘scent’, sagacious perceptiveness, instinctive discernment. Also in weakened senses: (a) special aptitude or ability; (b) liking, taste…