disposednessn.
/dɪˈspəʊzɪdnɪs/ The quality or state of being disposed; inclination, disposition.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun]
willeOE
hearteOE
i-willc888
self-willeOE
intent?c1225
device1303
couragec1320
talentc1325
greec1330
voluntyc1330
fantasyc1374
likinga1375
disposingc1380
pleasancea1382
affectionc1390
wish1390
disposition1393
affecta1398
likea1400
lista1400
pleasingc1400
emplesance1424
pleasurec1425
well-willingc1443
notiona1450
mindc1450
fancy1465
empleseur1473
hest?a1513
plighta1535
inclination1541
cue1567
month's mind1580
disposedness1583
leaning1587
humour1595
wouldings1613
beneplacit1643
wouldingness1645
vergency1649
bene-placiture1662
good liking1690
draught1758
tida1774
inkling1787
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]
kinda1200
disposingc1380
disposition1393
aptc1400
hieldc1400
remotiona1425
inclination?a1439
incliningc1450
taste1477
intendment1509
benta1535
swing1538
approclivity1546
aptness1548
swinge1548
drift1549
set1567
addiction1570
disposedness1583
swaya1586
leaning1587
intention1594
inflection1597
inclinableness1608
appetite1626
vogue1626
tendency1628
tendence1632
aptitude1633
gravitation1644
propension1644
biasing1645
conducement1646
flexure1652
propendency1660
tend1663
vergencya1665
pend1674
to have a way of1748
polarity1767
appetency1802
drive1885
overleaning1896
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxix. 423 Lo here..the signe yt we be wel disposed beforehand, and this disposednes is as a white vnwritten paper.
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem i. vii. 66 Their owne disposednesse to evill.
a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) II. 236 (R.) Want of leisure, and sometimes of disposedness to write.
1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence v. 222 Disposedness to imbrace Christianity.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxx. 249 His passion for her..had left a certain dull disposedness, which..had prompted in him a vacillating notion of marrying her.
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