incline

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. Parnell called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is incline our hearts to keep this law. Book of Com. Prayer called?
• What is 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 called?