incline

== English == === Alternative forms === encline (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean). === Pronunciation === (verb) enPR: ĭnklīn', IPA(key): /ɪnˈklaɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪn (noun) enPR: ĭn'klīn, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.klaɪn/ Rhymes: -ɪnklaɪn === Verb === incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined) (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. (intransitive) To slope. (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc. Synonym: dispose 1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170: The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […]. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inclination ==== Translations ==== === Noun === incline (plural inclines) A slope. A portal of a subway tunnel. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== climate cline decline recline ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “incline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “incline”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “incline”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === -nicline == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.klin/ === Verb === incline inflection of incliner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Verb === incline inflection of inclinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈkli.ne/ Rhymes: -ine Hyphenation: in‧clì‧ne === Adjective === incline m or f by sense (plural inclini) inclined, prone Synonyms: facile, propenso == Portuguese == === Verb === incline inflection of inclinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === incline inflection of inclinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative