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单词 enclin
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enclinadj.

Forms: Middle English encline, Middle English enclyin, Middle English enclyn, Middle English enclyne.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French enclin.
Etymology: < Middle French enclin (French (now literary) enclin ) bowed down, prostrate (c1100 in Old French), prone to (an action, behaviour, etc.) (end of the 12th cent.), submissive, obedient (c1350) < classical Latin inclīnis sloping, inclined, (of the head) bowed, in post-classical Latin also humble (6th cent.) < inclīnāre incline v.
Obsolete.
1. Having a tendency to behave, think, etc., in a particular way; inclined.
ΚΠ
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 3177 (MED) That it mai no malice engendre In him that is enclin therto.
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 119 (MED) In þat elde..is mon moost in his iolite And to lighschip enclyne & kene.
2. Bowed down, prostrate; figurative submissive, obedient.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adjective] > self-abased
prostratec1390
enclinc1400
prostitute1621
self-abased1668
self-abandoned1688
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1206 (MED) Ouer þis hyul þis lote I laȝte For pyty of my perle enclyin.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 85 If it ne were alle rude wittes wolden ben enclyn and humble hem.
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 8003 (MED) To king of blisse [sc. Christ] ȝe be encline.
c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) l. 316 (MED) Þei nere encline to no king hur kiþ for too gye. They wrought by þeir owne will and wolde nought eles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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