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单词 propenseness
释义 propenseness Now rare.|prəʊˈpɛnsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being propense.
1. Proneness, inclination, propensity; favourable disposition; liability.
1568G. Skeyne The Pest (1860) 13 Greit appetit, and propensnes to sleip.1624Donne Devotions, etc. (ed. 2) 538 There is a propensnesse to diseases in the body.1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xvii. 314 A prayer..conceived in the heart, and not yet uttered.., is often anticipated by the propenseness of free grace.1858Bushnell Serm. New Life 81 Consider the vice of envy, and the general propenseness of men to be in it.
2. Premeditatedness, deliberateness. (See propense a. 2.) Obs.
1708Brit. Apollo No. 102. 1/1 The Sin of Cursing is..aggravated by the Propenseness of the Malice.
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