Propensenesse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Inclination; propensity; tendency. obsolete, uncountable

    "There is a propensnesse to diseases in the body."

  2. 2
    Intention; premeditation. obsolete, uncountable

    "They must needs look upon the King of England, as the spring & source, of all that calamity they feel, or feare, and perceive his propensnesse, to ruine them."

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"There is a propensnesse to diseases in the body."

Etymology

From propense + -nesse.

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