prō-pendeō -, ēnsus, ēre, to hang down, preponderate: tantum propendere illam (lancem) putet, ut, etc.

—Fig., to weigh more, preponderate: si bona propendent.

—To be inclined, be disposed, be favorable: (animi iudicium) quo impellimus propendent: inclinatione voluntatis in nos.