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propendent

propendent adjective: inclining, hanging, or projecting forward or toward.

Adjective

propendent (comparative more propendent, superlative most propendent)

  1. Inclining, hanging, or projecting forward or toward
    • a. 1716, Robert South, a sermon of Ecclesiastes vii. 10.
      In respect of the nature of the thing itself ; which we have seen is equally propendent to both parts , and not discernable which way the balance inclines

Forms of propendent

comparativemore propendent
superlativemost propendent

Origin of propendent

From Latin propendens.

Words formed from propendent

Questions about propendent

What does propendent mean?
Propendent means inclining, hanging, or projecting forward or toward.
What part of speech is propendent?
Propendent is an adjective.

Words near propendent in the dictionary

  1. propenamides
  2. propend
  3. propended
  4. propendencies
  5. propendency
  6. propendent
  7. propending
  8. propends
  9. propene
  10. propenenitrile
  11. propenes

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