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."Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear."
2.
To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence. "Incline my heart unto thy testimonies.""Incline our hearts to keep this law."
3.
To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility. "With due respect my body I inclined."
Incline v. i. (past & past part. inclined; pres. part. inclining)
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.""Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace."
3.
To bow; to incline the head.
Synonyms:To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.
Inclined past part., adj.
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."
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.
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