incline

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Verb 3 Galician 3.1 Verb 4 Italian 4.1 Adjective 4.1.1 Synonyms 5 Spanish 5.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“‘incline, tilt’”).

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• (verb) enPR: ĭnklīn', IPA: /ɪnˈklaɪn/, SAMPA: /In"klaIn/
• (noun) enPR: ĭn'klīn, IPA: /ˈɪn.klaɪn/, SAMPA: /"InklaIn/

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to incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)

1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

   He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.

   The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.

2. (intransitive) To slope.

   Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

3. (intransitive) To tend to do or believe something, or move in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

   He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

   I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.

   • Usage note: In this sense incline is usually used in the passive voice.

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incline (plural inclines)

1. A slope.

   To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

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[edit] External links

• incline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• incline in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• incline at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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incline

1. First-person singular present indicative of incliner.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of incliner.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of incliner.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of incliner.
5. Second-person singular imperative of incliner .

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incline

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar.
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar.

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incline m and f (m and f plural inclini)

1. inclined, prone

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• facile, propenso

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[edit] Verb

incline (infinitive: inclinar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of inclinar.