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  • incline toward each other — index converge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Incline — In*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inclining}.] [OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean} to incline.] [1913 Webster] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incline — incliner, n. v. /in kluyn /; n. /in kluyn, in kluyn /, v., inclined, inclining, n. v.t. 1. to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant. 2. to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.; be disposed: We incline to rest and relaxation these… …   Universalium

  • incline — Synonyms and related words: acclivity, acquiesce, address, affect, agree, aim, angle, ascend, ascent, back stairs, bank, be agreeable to, be disposed to, be dying to, be eager, be game, be open to, be predisposed, be ready, be spoiling for, be… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • incline — vb 1 lean, *slant, slope Analogous words: bend, *curve: *swerve, veer, deviate: deflect, *turn 2 Incline, bias, dispose, predispose mean to influence one to take a stated or implied attitude to something or to someone or to ha …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • incline — [n] slope acclivity, approach, ascent, cant, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tilt; concept 738 incline [v1] tend toward affect, be disposed, bend, be partial, be predisposed, be… …   New thesaurus

  • incline — I. verb (inclined; inclining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French incliner, encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in + clinare to lean more at lean Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to bend the head or body forward ; bow …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incline — {{11}}incline (n.) c.1600, mental tendency, from INCLINE (Cf. incline) (v.). The literal meaning slant, slope is attested from 1846. {{12}}incline (v.) c.1300, to bend or bow toward, from O.Fr. encliner, from L. inclinare to cause to lean; bend,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • incline — I UK [ɪnˈklaɪn] / US verb Word forms incline : present tense I/you/we/they incline he/she/it inclines present participle inclining past tense inclined past participle inclined formal 1) a) [intransitive] to tend to behave in a particular way or… …   English dictionary

  • incline — in|cline1 [ ın klaın ] verb FORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to slope in a particular direction, or to make something do this: The land inclines gradually downward toward the Simpson Desert. 2. ) intransitive to tend to behave in a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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