propelment (propelment)

[ propendt (pro-pend'), v. i. [= OF. porpendre, pourpendre, Ne'erthele , My spritely brethren, I propend to you In resolution to keep Helen still. Shak ., T. and C., ii. 2. 190. His eyes are like a balance, apt to propend each way. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 454. pro pendencył (prō-pen'den-si), n . [ propen den(t)+-cy.] 1. A leaning toward anything; inclination; tendency of desire to anything.2. Attentive deliberation. [Rare.] An act above the animal actings, which are transient, and admit not of that attention and pro pendency of actions. Sir M. Hale.