Incline

·vi To Bow; to incline the head.

II. Incline ·noun An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

III. Incline ·vt To Bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.

IV. Incline ·vi 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.

V. Incline ·vt To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to Turn; to Dispose; to Influence.

VI. Incline ·vt 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.

VII. Incline ·vi To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to Lean; to Tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.