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What does "incline" mean?

Incline: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. Parnell.
  2. 3.To bow; to incline the head. Chaucer.
  3. 4.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. Is. xxxvii.
  4. 5.2. 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. Ps. cxix.
  5. 6.Incline our hearts to keep this law. Book of Com. Prayer.
  6. 7.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. Dryden.
  7. 8.An inclined plane; an ascent o

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