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(<i>v. i.</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.<p>2. (<i>v. i.</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.<p>3. (<i>v. i.</i>) To bow; to incline the head.<p>4. (<i>v. t.</i>) 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.<p>5. (<i>v. t.</i>) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.<p>6. (<i>v. t.</i>) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.<p>7. 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