Word
Incline
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-cline
Definition
- v. i. - To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an
object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each
other; a road inclines to the north or south.
- v. i. - Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral
sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a
propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
- v. i. - To bow; to incline the head.
- v. t. - To cause to deviate from a line, position, or
direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column
or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
- v. t. - To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will
or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
- v. t. - To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the
head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
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