Proclive

//ˈpɹəʊklɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a tendency by nature; prone archaic

    "Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up The golden spray of multitudinous worlds In measure to the proclive weight and rush Of His inner nature […]"

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proclivous

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"Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up The golden spray of multitudinous worlds In measure to the proclive weight and rush Of His inner nature […]"

Etymology

From Latin prōclīvis (“sloping, inclined”).

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