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The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form.

The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when uninfluenced by external stimuli.

A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. Shak. With a native bent did good pursue. Dryden.

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name. Dryden.

Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. Gray with a cast of green. Woodward.

Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The state of being central; tendency towards a center. Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugence. R. W. Emerson.

Tendency toward the center.

The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

urse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.

Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.

A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece Paley.

The tendency of fluids to run together. [R.] Boyle.

Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.

The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement. A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things. Sir P. Sidney.

Tendency or ability to form or construct.