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† ˈpronity Obs.
[ad. L. prōnitās, -ātem inclination, propensity, f. prōn-us prone a.]
1. Steepness of descent: cf. prone a. 3. rare.
1524Pace Let. to Hen. VIII in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. App. xi. 20, I durst not..look on my left hand, for the pronite and deepnes to the valei.
2. Propensity, proneness (chiefly to evil).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 246 b, A pronite or redynesse to all vyce. a1535Fisher Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. 440 Consideryng y⊇ pronytie of mans harte to be infected with heresies. a1670Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 231 An eagerness and pronity to resist. 1672Wallis in Phil. Trans. VII. 5165 Gravity or Heaviness is..reputed to be such a Conatus or Pronity to move downwards. 17..J. Killingbeck Serm. xi. (1717) 227 What Restraints shall we lay upon the vicious Pronities and Inclinations of Human Nature? |