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AnticlineAnticline An"ti*cline, n. [See Anticlinal.] (Geol.)
A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides
of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an
anticlinal. Decline
Decline De*cline", v. t.
1. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to
bend, or fall.
In melancholy deep, with head declined. --Thomson.
And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste His weary
wagon to the western vale. --Spenser.
2. To cause to decrease or diminish. [Obs.] ``You have
declined his means.' --Beau. & Fl.
He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline
it. --Burton.
3. To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse
to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid;
as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined
any participation with them.
Could I Decline this dreadful hour? --Massinger.
4. (Gram.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of
grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an
adjective.
Note: Now restricted to such words as have case inflections;
but formerly it was applied both to declension and
conjugation.
After the first declining of a noun and a verb.
--Ascham.
5. To run through from first to last; to repeat like a
schoolboy declining a noun. [R.] --Shak.
Declined
Declined De*clined", a.
Declinate.
Decliner
Decliner De*clin"er, n.
He who declines or rejects.
A studious decliner of honors. --Evelyn.
DisinclineDisincline Dis`in*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinclined;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.]
To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight
aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or
affection to the Queen. --Clarendon.
To social scenes by nature disinclined. --Cowper. DisinclinedDisincline Dis`in*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinclined;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.]
To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight
aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or
affection to the Queen. --Clarendon.
To social scenes by nature disinclined. --Cowper. Incline
Incline In*cline", n.
An inclined plane; an ascent o? descent; a grade or gradient;
a slope.
InclineIncline 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. Incline
Incline In*cline", v. t.
1. 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.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. --Is. xxxvii.
17.
2. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or
affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix.
36.
Incline our hearts to keep this law. --Book of Com.
Prayer.
3. To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head
or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
With due respect my body I inclined. --Dryden.
InclinedInclined 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. InclinedIncline 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 planeInclined 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. Incliner
Incliner In*clin"er, n.
One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined
dial.
Microcline
Microcline Mi"cro*cline, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? to incline.]
(Min.)
A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common
feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.
Misincline
Misincline Mis"in*cline", v. t.
To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect
wrongly.
Monocline
Monocline Mon"o*cline, n. (Geol.)
A monoclinal fold.
ReclineRecline Re*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare
to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.]
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in
a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
--Dryden. Recline
Recline Re*cline", v. i.
1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to
recline on a couch.
ReclineRecline Re*cline", a. [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.]
Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.]
They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with
flowers. --Milton. ReclinedRecline Re*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare
to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.]
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in
a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
--Dryden. Reclined
Reclined Re*clined", a. (Bot.)
Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
Recliner
Recliner Re*clin"er, n.
One who, or that which, reclines.
Syncline
Syncline Syn*cline", n. (Geol.)
A synclinal fold.
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