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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incline \In*cline"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Inclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inclining}.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in- in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean} to incline.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. --Judges ix. 3.
Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. --Parnell.
3. To bow; to incline the head. --Chaucer.
Syn: To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inclined \In*clined"\, p. p. & a.
1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. ''Each pensively inclined.'' --Cowper.
2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
{Inclined plane}. (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inclined
adjective
1: (often followed by 'to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody" [syn: {inclined(p)}] [ant: {disinclined}]
2: at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" [ant: {horizontal}, {vertical}]
3: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: {disposed(p)}, {fain}, {inclined(p)}, {prepared}]
4: used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders" [syn: {bent}, {bowed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "inclined": aching for, acquiescent, actuated, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, animated, apt, apt to, ardent, aslant, aslope, atilt, bearing, bending, bent, bent on, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, calculated to, canting, careening, compliant, conducive to, consenting, content, cooperative, crazy to, declivate, declivitous, desirous of, disposed, disposed to, dispositioned, docile, dying for, dying to, eager, enthusiastic, fain, fain of, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, fond of, forward, game, given, given to, impelled, in the mind, in the mood, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined to, inclined toward, inclining, inclining toward, inner-directed, itching for, keen, keen on, leading to, leaning, leaning toward, liable, liable to, likely, likely to, listing, mad on, minded, minded to, motivated, moved, oblique, other-directed, out of plumb, out of square, partial to, pitched, pliant, predisposed, predisposed to, prompt, prompted, prone, prone to, quick, raking, ready, ready and willing, ready to, receptive, recumbent, responsive, set on, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping, spoiling for, stimulated, tending, tending to, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy, tractable, well-disposed, well-inclined, wild to, willed, willing, willinghearted, zealous
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