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incline verb (inclined, inclining) 1 tr & intr (especially incline to or towards something) to lean or make someone lean towards (a particular opinion or conduct); to be, or make someone, disposed towards it • I incline to agree • He inclined towards the radical approach. 2 tr & intr to slope or make something slope from a horizontal or vertical line or direction; to slant. 3 to bow or bend (the head, one's body, etc) forwards or downwards. noun a slope; an inclined plane. Also called inclination. inclined adj 1 sloping or bent. 2 having a tendency; disposed.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin inclinare to bend towards.
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