(often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency
<adj.all> wasn't inclined to believe the excuse inclined to be moody
at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
<adj.all> an inclined plane
having made preparations
<adj.all> prepared to take risks
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.] 1. 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. 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.
Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. --Judges ix. 3.
Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. --Parnell.
3. To bow; to incline the head. --Chaucer.
Syn: To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend.
Inclined \In*clined"\, p. p. & a. 1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. ``Each pensively inclined.'' --Cowper.
2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
{Inclined plane}. (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.
When Christie and his musicians are on stage, I am inclined to think that there is more than enough to stimulate the imagination, for Purcell's delightful and magical world seems to lie at their fingertips.
They seem sceptical but inclined to give him a chance.
"But participants were inclined to remain on the sidelines today, due to concerns over the release of U.S. economic indicators (later Friday)" he said.
However, "they're more inclined to drift lower unless something dramatic happens in the (Persian) Gulf," one analyst said.
Paul Christian, a biologist with the Marine Extension Center who began documenting catches and doing research on the giant tigers in August, said the imported shrimp are not as inclined to eat their own kind as native white shrimp.
The malls are only too happy to satisfy teen-agers' wants, particularly when parents are inclined to waive control.
Modern construction techniques will ensure the walls don't collapse as they were inclined to do during the fort's heyday.
"They are just more inclined to spend it at value-oriented businesses." And at Designs Inc., a chain specializing in Levi Strauss clothes ranging in price from $20 to $40, sales at stores open at least a year are up 16% so far this month.
They are less inclined to pass the blame for all shortfalls in black progress.
The result is too many low-quality and uninviting places which make consumers even more inclined to drink at home.
The pension fund and insurance companies will be less inclined to put property into their portfolios and the gap will have to be met by other kinds of investor. That itself need not be a tragedy.
UK funds, and marketmaking firms, had been inclined to take defensive stances ahead of the Budget.
Bonds tend to lose value on indications that the economy is picking up steam, because that implies the Federal Reserve may not be inclined to ease interest rates for fear of triggering inflation.
At past summits, the seven leaders were inclined to sharply criticize the Soviets.
Government may be inclined to shrug its shoulders.
Republicans are less inclined to try to reinvent the wheel after every defeat.
Perhaps they are more inclined to "get out of the house!"
Like many artists, Poulenc was inclined to prefer his latest work above all the others.
It is noteworthy that very few leaders of, or spokesman for, the Democratic Party feel inclined to challenge these cuts, presumably because they correctly sense a connection between lower marginal tax rates and declining unemployment.
In the close quarters of the Lyric Studio, the actors are inclined to play safe, and David Paisey's new Englishing is no more than tamely faithful.
The world is divided pretty much between those inclined to smell a rat and eager to alert the populace, and those who take the view that given suitable discretion the problem might disappear of its own accord.
The central banks' activities this week, though modest in dollar amounts, have at least "introduced the risk of an upward move" for traders or speculators inclined to bet against the dollar, he said.
For a start, the corruption scandal - known locally as Tangentopoli ('Bribe Cities') - has done serious harm, even if some industrialists are inclined to shrug it off. The damage, says Mr Cipoletta, has been enormous.
Mark Fowler, former chairman of the FCC, said the agency is philosophically inclined to launch a proceeding to eliminate the cross-ownership rule, but it would face opposition from broadcasters who fear competition from newspaper publishers.
For example, if the bees are inclined to mate in certain areas of a flyway, commercial beekeepers could move their breeding grounds elsewhere.
After a decade in which ideologically inclined governments have removed one constraint on markets after another, political and economic power has shifted between different groups within society.
Some lawmakers believe that the trade representative would be more inclined than the president to rule that an industry is being hurt by imports.
A federal judge said last month he was inclined to order a new vote _ which many observers thought would favor Coniston _ because Gillette misled stockholders in an advertisement about Coniston before the election.
It does not exclude programmes to meet specific needs, but it is more inclined to let the market, and the individual, decide.
They are less inclined to extrapolate into infinity the latest negative change in prices or interest rates.