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propensions

propensions is the plural of propension.

Meaning of propension

Noun

propension (plural propensions)

  1. (archaic) Propensity.
    • But I aſſeſt the gods, your full conſent, / Gaue vvings to my propenſion, and cut off / All feares attending on ſo dire a proiect, […]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609...

Questions about propensions

What is propensions the plural of?
Propensions is the plural of propension.

Words near propensions in the dictionary

  1. propensed
  2. propensely
  3. propenseness
  4. propensenesse
  5. propension
  6. propensions
  7. propensities
  8. propensitude
  9. propensitudes
  10. propensity
  11. propensive

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