proclive
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin proclivis (“sloping, inclined”).
Adjective
proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)
- Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
- (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
In measure to the proclive weight and rush
Of His inner nature […]
- Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
- (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “proclive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin proclivis
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Adjective
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Derived terms
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) prōclīve
- nominative neuter singular of prōclīvis
- accusative neuter singular of prōclīvis
- vocative neuter singular of prōclīvis
References
- “proclive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proclive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
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Adjective
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Further reading
- “proclive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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