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   In·cline

   verb

   • 1. feel willing or favorably disposed toward (an action, belief, or attitude): "he was inclined to accept the offer"
   • ▪ (especially as a polite formula) tend toward holding a specified opinion: "I'm inclined to agree with you"
   • ▪ make (someone) willing or disposed to do something: "his prejudice inclines him to overlook obvious facts" Similar predisposeleadmakemake of a mind todisposebiasprejudicepromptinduceinfluenceswaypersuadeconvince
   • ▪ feel favourably disposed toward someone or something: "I incline to the view that this conclusion is untenable" Similar preferhave a preference forfavorbe favorably disposed togo forhave a penchant forhave a liking fortendleanswingveergravitatebe drawnbe attractedtrend
   • 2. have a tendency to do something: "she's inclined to gossip with complete strangers"
   • ▪ have a specified disposition or talent: "some people are very mathematically inclined"
   • 3. lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal: "the bunker doors incline outward" Similar leantiltangletipslopeslantbendcurvebankcantbevellistheeldeviate
   • ▪ bend (one's head) forward and downward: "he inclined his head in agreement" Similar bendbownodboblowerdipOpposite raiselift

   noun

   • 1. an inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway: "the road climbs a long incline through a forest"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inclinable adjective
   • 2. incliner noun

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