proclive
English
Adjective
proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)
- Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- 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
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Latin
Adjective
prōclīve
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈklibe/, [pɾoˈkliβe]
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “proclive” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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