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incline
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[ɪnˈklʌɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something
(e.g: he was inclined to accept the offer)
- have a tendency to do something
(e.g: she's inclined to gossip with complete strangers)
- lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal
(e.g: the bunker doors incline outwards)
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Origin
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Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’
[ˈɪnklʌɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway
(e.g: the road climbs a long incline through a forest)
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Origin
:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’
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