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Meaning of propense | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
pɹəˈpɛns

Definitions

  1. Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone.
    archaic
  2. Prepense.
    archaic, postpositional

Equivalents

Italiano propense

Examples

“women propense to holiness”
“1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature Book 3: Of Morals The most immediate effects of pleasure and pain are the propense and averse motions of the mind; which are diversified into volition, into desire and aversion, grief and joy, hope and fear”
“[…] women are so earnestly delighted with this kind of men, as being more propense by nature to pleasure and toys.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

propensive propenultimate proper properadic properer properest

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