Propend \Pro*pend"\, v. i. [L. propendere, propensum; pro forward, forth + pendere to hang. See {Pendent}.] To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]