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propendent, a.|prəʊˈpɛndənt|
Also 6 erron. -ant.
[ad. L. prōpendēnt-em, pres. pple. of prōpendēre: see propend and -ent.]
1. Hanging forward, outward, or downward.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 32 So did theyr propendant breast-bones imminent-ouer-canopy theyr bellies. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 122 The Lips..besieged with such long and propendent Mustachos. 1745tr. Columella's Husb. vii. xii, [A dog] with dejected and propendent ears. 1840Paxton Bot. Dict., Propendent, hanging forwards and downwards. 1846Worcester cites Loudon.
†2. fig. Inclining or inclined to something: = propense a. 1. Obs. rare.
17..South (cited by Webster 1864). |