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† proˈpend, v. Obs.
[ad. L. prōpend-ēre to hang forward or down, preponderate, be inclined or favourable, f. prō, pro-1 1 b + pend-ēre to hang.]
1. intr. To hang or lean forward or downward; to incline or tend in a particular direction; of a scale, to weigh down, preponderate.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 12 This seme or lyne..propendyng, helding, hangyng or lokyng downward in to y⊇ vault or amplytude of y⊇ womb. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 48 To make that part the heavier, to which they shall propend. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. ii. i, His eyes are like a balance, apt to propend each way, and to be weighed down with every wench's looks. 1650Fuller Pisgah iii. i. 315 The heart..is not so unpartially in the midst of the body, but that..it propends to the left side. a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 95 [To] shew the quantity of the angle, by which when the scales propend either way, the tongue declines from the perpendicular.
2. fig. To have a ‘leaning’ or propensity; to incline, be disposed, tend (to or towards something, or to do something).
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. ii. 190, I propend to you In resolution to keepe Helen still. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. ix. §1 (1622) 60 The most part of the learned did propende to that opinion. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xiii. 185 Some sports..more propend to be ill than well used. a1711Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 124 Corrupted Nature might to Lust propend. 1824Landor Imag. Conv., Louis xiv & Father la Chaise Wks. 1846 I. 150/1 If..anyone..is convinced of the contrary, or propends to believe so. 1844Kinglake Eöthen xii. (1845) 174 As I went down..from Tiberias to Jerusalem..my thinking all propended to the ancient world of herdsmen and warriors.
Hence † proˈpended ppl. a. (fig.), inclined, disposed (= propense a. 1); † proˈpending ppl. a. (lit. and fig.: see senses above).
1681H. More Exp. Dan. vi. Notes 216 He is more propending to the opinion that Chittim signifies the Romans. 1682T. Gibson Anat. (1697) 25 Its propending part must..imitate the bottom of a pouch. 1693Beverley True St. Gosp. Truth 36 Others..desirous, and most propended to be Teachers of the Law. a1711Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 248 Their Souls on mutually propending Wings, Made tow'rds each other sympathetick Springs. |