the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Bible Dictionaries
Incline
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) 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.
(2):
(v. i.) 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.
(3):
(v. i.) To bow; to incline the head.
(4):
(v. t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
(5):
(v. t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
(6):
(n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
(7):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Incline'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/incline.html. 1828.
