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The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.

Having four wings; -- said of insects.

Recompense. [Obs.]

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak.

Recompense; requital. [Obs.] Fabyan.

One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.

Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. Sir T. Browne.

To open again.

for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any p…

Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.

In a repentant manner.

One who repents.

With repentance; penitently.

Unrepentant. [R.]

To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. Denham.

See Peter pence, under Peter.

Sagapenum.