be given

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Verb

be given - have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

incline, tend, lean, run

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

take kindly to - be willing or inclined to accept; "He did not take kindly to my critical remarks"

suffer - be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

gravitate - move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

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