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Definition of propend - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅pend

  [proh-pend]
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–verb (used without object) Obsolete.
to incline or tend.
Origin:
1535–45; < L prōpendēre to hang down, be inclined. See pro- 1 , pend
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pro·pend   (prō-pěnd')   
intr.v.   pro·pend·ed, pro·pend·ing, pro·pends Obsolete
To have a propensity; incline or tend.

[Latin prōpendēre : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + pendēre, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
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