TEND'ENCY, noun [from tend; Latin tendens, tending.] Drift; direction or course towards any place, object, effect or result. Read such books only as have a good moral tendency Mild language has a tendency to allay irritation. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country.
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