tendentadj.
/ˈtɛndənt/ Now rare.
Tending, having a tendency (to or towards some end). Obsolete before 18th cent.; revived late in 19th.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined
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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
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter iv. 9 It is tendant in til lastandnes and vnchaungeabile ioy.
1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 92 Tendaunt to the ende to take and holde in his hande the said duchy.
1657 Divine Lover 14 Wee..shal remayne vnable as not tendant towards our foresaid end.
1900 F. H. Stoddard Evol. Eng. Novel 103 The historical novel is magnetized history in which every fact is quiveringly tendent toward some focal pole of unity.
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