incline
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See also: incliné
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- encline (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)
- (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.
- (intransitive) To slope.
- Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
- (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved 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.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- 1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
bend (something) out of a given plane or direction
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slope
to tend to do or believe something
Noun[edit]
incline (plural inclines)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
slope
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Further reading[edit]
- “incline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “incline”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “incline”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
incline
- inflection of incliner:
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
incline
- inflection of inclinar:
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
incline (plural inclini)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
incline
- inflection of inclinar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
incline
- inflection of inclinar:
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