Definition of incline

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Incline (v. t.) 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..

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Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..
Somniculous :: Somniculous (a.) Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.
Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..
Masterful :: Masterful (a.) Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it..
Seel :: Seel (v. i.) To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..
Fattish :: Fattish (a.) Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.
Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
Will :: Will (v. i.) To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.
Start :: Start (v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
Receptive :: Receptive (a.) Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind..
Itch :: Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane..
Clinopinacoid :: Clinopinacoid (n.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.
Tolerant :: Tolerant (a.) Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
Plumming :: Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines..
Outcrop :: Outcrop (n.) That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.
Shelve :: Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore..
Averse :: Averse (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
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