propension

[Fr., from Lat. propensionem, acc us. of propensio, from pro pens us = propense (q.v.); Sp. propension; Ital. pro pensione.] 1. The state or condition of tending to move in any direction. "Bodies that of themselves have no propensions to any determinate place."- Digby : On Bodies. 2. Propensity, pronene ; natural tendency or inclination. "We could not do without our stock of pa ions and propensions of all sorts." - Matthew Arnold: Last E ays, p. 99. IMG:content-1606.png:[blocks in formation] "Once the propensity gets hold of a man, his pen never keeps still."- Theodore Hook : Gilbert Gurney , vol. i., ch. iv. *pro-pěn'-sive, a . [Eng. propens (e); -ive.] Inclined, favorable. "His propensive minde to war des them."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe. prō-pěn-yl, subst. [Eng. propen (e); -yl (q. v.).] [GLYCERYL.] propenyl-alcohol, s. [GLYCERIN.] propenyl-bromide, s. IMG:content-1607.png:[blocks in formation] propenyl-trichloride, s. Chem. C3H5Cl3=CH3 CHCI-CHC12. Formed, together with glyceryl trichloride, by heating to 170° a mixture of iodine chloride and propylene di chloride. It is a colorle oil, distilling between 138° and 140°.