Sentence:  A word taken in its dictionary meaning , a photographic image of a recognizable object , the mere picturing of a `` scene '' <WSD>tends</WSD> to lose experiential vividness and to connote such conventional abstractions as to invite neutral reception without the incitement of value feelings . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined