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单词 propendent
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propendentadj.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈpɛnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /prəˈpɛndnt/, /proʊˈpɛndnt/
Forms: 1500s propendant, 1600s– propendent.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: propend v., -ent suffix.
Etymology: < propend v. + -ent suffix. In sense 1 after classical Latin prōpendent-, prōpendēns hanging down. With the form propendant compare -ant suffix1. With sense 2 compare earlier propense adj., propension n., propensity n.
1. Hanging or pointing forwards, outwards, or downwards. In later use chiefly Botany.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective]
hangingc1330
pendentc1425
beetled1509
bending1567
prependent1592
propendent1593
overwhelming1599
pendulous1608
impendent1611
incumbent1719
imminent1727
impending1730
beetling1744
pensilec1750
pending1756
superincumbent1785
shelvy1811
overbrowing1814
propensive1819
oversailing1833
beetle-browed1842
overhung1845
overhanging1860
overleaning1865
overreaching1890
cantilevered1910
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 32 So did theyr propendant breast-bones imminent-ouer-canopy theyr bellies.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 122 The Lips..besieged with such long and propendent Mustachos.
1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 289 Their pods are..propendent, as in the..heath-pease.
1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry vii. xii [A dog] with dejected and propendent ears.
1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 32/1 The lower lip is shorter, and divided into three segments, and the lower or middle one of these is propendent.
1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Propendent, hanging forwards and downwards.
a1868 C. Harpur Poet. Wks. (1984) 173 As like a boat of stainéd pearl, she rode Dipping, as 'twere, with a propendent motion, Amid the ridges of a wavy cloud.
1916 Amer. Midland Naturalist 4 475 The calyx lobes..are long-acuminate with propendent pilosity.
2002 Plant Cell 14 2034 Mutants with early flowering time, short flower pedicels, and propendent siliques also were identified.
2. figurative. Inclined to something. Cf. propense adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined
set13..
tendenta1340
disposedc1380
enclinant1400
inclining?c1400
inclinedc1405
prone1408
hieldingc1480
talenteda1500
inclinablea1513
prone1528
propense1528
minded1529
propensed1530
ready1533
proclivec1540
fit1574
tending to1578
forward1581
minded1588
propensive1599
intense1620
propendenta1646
propended1693
calculated1723
oriented1925
prone1926
turned1931
orientated1964
a1646 W. Twisse Riches of Gods Love (1653) ii. 140 Such contingents as depend upon the free will of man, are equally propendent on either side to passe as often one way, as the other.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 301 In respect of the Nature of the Thing itself; which we have seen is equally propendent to both Parts, and not discernable which way the Balance inclines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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