incliningn.
/ɪnˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈklaɪnɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈklaɪnɪŋ/ 1. † b. figurative. The action or process of declining or coming to an end; an instance of this. Cf. inclination n. 7, incline v. 3. Obsolete. rare.
a. The action or an act of bending, tilting, or inclining, or of causing something to incline; esp. a bowing of the head or body as a sign of reverence, courtesy, or assent. Also: the fact or condition of being bent or tilted; a bend; a slope, a declivity.With quot. 1847 cf. incline v. 4d.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down
stooping1398
inclining?a1425
bent1584
bending1597
bowing1617
deflection1665
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying
kneelingc1200
louting1340
inclining?a1425
ducking1539
becking1542
lowingc1600
incurvation1607
couchinga1616
bowing1617
congeeing1622
curtsying1668
bingeing1805
salaaming1816
scraping1836
legging1871
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun]
hield943
lithOE
pendanta1387
bankc1390
slentc1400
shoring1567
rist1577
inclining1596
slope1626
side-slip1649
slant1655
sideling1802
hang1808
siding1852
counterslope1853
bajada1866
tilt1903
palaeoslope1957
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 153 Þei gon..before the Emperour, with outen speche of ony woord saf only enclynynge to him.
1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 322 Hevin, erd, and hell makis inclynyng.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 30 A plane field, haueng na inclyneng or bowing.
1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. B3v Every inclining of the head at the name of Iesus, getteth twentie yeares pardon.
1764 R. Griffith Triumvirate II. clix. 195 Her fond inclinings, her gloting eyes, &c. began to give me such offence..that I marked it to both the lovers.
1847 Infantry Man. 55 The march of every body, except in the case of inclining, is made on lines perpendicular to its front.
1871 Figure Training 39 Baker's knee, as it is called, or an inclining inwards of the right knee-joint until it closely resembles the right side of a letter K.
1951 Pop. Mech. Aug. 220/2 This inclining of the vent pipe generally increases the velocity of the gases.
2010 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 21 Mar. n18 Cowen was doing a lot of gracious inclining of the head during Obama's remarks.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition
rureOE
ebbingc1200
fallc1225
declinea1327
downfallingc1330
downfalla1400
fall of mana1400
wanea1400
ruinc1405
wrack1426
inclinationc1450
declination1533
labefactation1535
ebb1555
falling off1577
declining1581
inclining1590
declension1604
downset1608
neck-breaka1658
overseta1658
lapsing1665
reducement1667
lapse1680
labefaction1792
downshift1839
subsidence1839
downgrade1857
downturn1858
downslide1889
downswing1922
turn-down1957
tail-off1975
1590 H. Roberts Defiance to Fortune sig. L I haue nourished thee euer from thy birth,..in hope to finde thee a comfort to thy mother and me, nowe in the enclining of our dayes to the earth.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 6) 105 In the inclining of Salomons prosperitie, the first exception the Lord tooke against him was, that he loued many outlandish women.
1677 F. Bampfield All in One 95 Until the inclining or declining of the day.
2. † b. of that (my, your, etc.) inclining: of that (my, your, etc.) faction, party, or following. Obsolete.
a. A tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a preference for something. Also: a tendency toward a particular physical condition or quality. Also as a mass noun.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]
kinda1200
disposingc1380
disposition1393
aptc1400
hieldc1400
remotiona1425
inclination?a1439
incliningc1450
taste1477
intendment1509
benta1535
swing1538
approclivity1546
aptness1548
swinge1548
drift1549
set1567
addiction1570
disposedness1583
swaya1586
leaning1587
intention1594
inflection1597
inclinableness1608
appetite1626
vogue1626
tendency1628
tendence1632
aptitude1633
gravitation1644
propension1644
biasing1645
conducement1646
flexure1652
propendency1660
tend1663
vergencya1665
pend1674
to have a way of1748
polarity1767
appetency1802
drive1885
overleaning1896
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 734 Vnto whiche place euery thynge Thorgh his kyndely enclynynge Moveth for to come to.
a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 414 (MED) His euell, naturall in-clynynge to syn.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 102 To luve eik Natur gaif thame inclynnyng.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 80v There is required a more enclining to the one part.
1603 R. Rogers Seuen Treat. v. xiii. f. 485 Beleeuing God without presuming; or feare him without some doubtings and inclinings to dispairing.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 147 A distemper generally of the body, and an inclining to a feuor.
1708 W. Bramston Humane Learning 18 I have sometimes receiv'd Objections against the Number of our Free Schools, with some Inclinings of my own Opinion that way.
1727 tr. Plutarch Lives IV. 123 Indeed he [sc. Caius Marius] were grown less active in his Age by reason of his great Belly, and his inclining to Fatness and Corpulency.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. vi. 59 I'll tell thee my inclinings, as I proceed.
1850 C. Matthews Chanticleer vii. 99 If these be our inclinings this day, let us be reasonably thankful on this Thanksgiving morning.
1895 Daily News 20 June 6/1 He had many tastes and many inclinings outside the..world of politics.
1906 S. Phillips Nero iii. iii. 80 Poppaea. O sir, he is my husband, and my way Is with him wheresoe'er he go. My duty— Nero. But your inclining?
1976 P. D. Mehta Heart of Relig. iv. xxi. 380 An inclining towards an unperceivable that and a withdrawing into a perceiving self.
2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Features section) 28 The Damned Utd, his best book to date, marries the hard stare and apocalyptic inclinings of the previous work to a masterly evocation of the voice of its protagonist.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 83 Hold your hands: Both you of my inclining and the rest. View more context for this quotation
1752 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 10. ⁋7 Mr. Plastic is a compleat Shaftesburian Philosopher; like all the Gentlemen of that inclining, he has a polite Taste for the imitative Arts.
1835 Examiner 15 Feb. 99/2 They [sc. the Liberals] fear that a very low franchise would bring in all the petty farmers of the west and south, who..would certainly return Carlists; they fear, too, the priests of Brittany—who are, of course, of that inclining.
1893 J. McCarthy Dictator I. 14 The flower that had come to be the badge of those of his inclining.
1903 Sketch 24 Dec. 364/1 It aroused the gentle ire of Mr. Spectator and those of his inclining.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
incliningadj.
/ɪnˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈklaɪnɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈklaɪnɪŋ/ 1. That leans or slopes away from the vertical or horizontal, or a given direction; sloping, slanting; rising.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective]
embelifc1400
inclining?c1400
oblique?a1425
inclinate?1440
hieldingc1480
inclined?a1500
bias1551
overthwart1594
sidelong1598
squinty1598
skew1609
traverse1609
skewed1611
obliquous1614
squint1703
inclinated1751
slanting1768
slanted1770
slant1776
aslant1791
diagonal1796
rakish1830
slantindicular1832
slantwise1856
slaunchways1913
slanty1928
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. met. i. l. 4380 Þe whiche wandryng happes naþeles þilke enclinyng lowenes of þe erþe and þe flowynge ordre of þe slidyng water gouerniþ.
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xi. f. 312v Againe, from the point E, being the toppe or higher limite and end of the inclining line EG, let a perpendicular line fall vnto the plaine superficies ABCD.
1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel sig. ¶¶v To reduce al reclining & inclining flats.
1623 E. Gunter De Sectore & Radio iii. 92 If the one end of the plane be higher then the other, and yet not verticall, it is an inclining plane.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Conc. Urnes Norfolk in Posthumous Wks. (1712) 14 A large Pot was found..which lay in an enclining Posture.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 78/1 As for a machine to give a gentle spring to the body..a wheel-chair may be set to roll down an inclining stage, made with little notches, steps or bars, for the wheels to overcome.
1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Nat. Hist. 76 This mountain is situated in a gently inclining plain.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 518 The pendulum..withdraws the detent..from the tooth, which now pushes off the detent, by acting on the inclining face of it.
1881 Notes & Queries 22 Jan. Passing through a romantic gorge, where the inclining ridges met.
1930 Evening Huronite (S. Dakota) 14 Apr. 1/6 Whether the structure will have two levels, one with an inclining floor and permanent seats, the other fitted out for dancing and other gatherings, remains to be determined.
1970 D. A. Ross Introd. Oceanogr. viii. 273 Many continental slopes end in a gently inclining, broad topographic feature called the continental rise.
2004 N. Longley Slovenia: Rough Guide 67 Arching eastwards from Levstikov trg is Gornji trg (Upper Square), a lovely, gently inclining street whose dwellings..have retained a number of medieval characteristics.
a. That has a tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; (naturally) predisposed. Also: favourably disposed to something; ready or willing to do something.
(a) In predicative use, with prepositional phrase (esp. with to, for) or infinitive. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined
set13..
tendenta1340
disposedc1380
enclinant1400
inclining?c1400
inclinedc1405
prone1408
hieldingc1480
talenteda1500
inclinablea1513
prone1528
propense1528
minded1529
propensed1530
ready1533
proclivec1540
fit1574
tending to1578
forward1581
minded1588
propensive1599
intense1620
propendenta1646
propended1693
calculated1723
oriented1925
prone1926
turned1931
orientated1964
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. xii. l. 2941 Þei þat ben accordyng and enclinynge to her gouernour and her kyng.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) l. 6 (MED) I am enclynand til other syn of body & saule.
1545 T. Paynell tr. St. Bernard Compend. Treat. Well Liuynge xxvii. f. cxiii Be as inclining and redy to wepe, as ye were to do yll.
1587 H. Parry tr. Z. Ursinus Summe of Christian Relig. ii. 232 He is more inclining & propense to mercy than to anger.
1619 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 494 They would endeavor..to re-establish the League between the Venetians and the Grisons; to which both parties were well inclining.
1677 Representation Affairs & Interests Europe 5 The German Princes and their Countreys might so have taken the opportunity of returning back to their Heathenism, to which they were very inclining.
1702 J. Dennis Danger of Priestcraft to Relig. & Govt. 11 The most violent ought the least to be tolerated, because they are the most repugnant to Charity, and consequently are the most enclining to disturb the Publick.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 373 They supposed that he was more inclining to popery.
1865 H. N. Oxenham Catholic Doctr. Atonement ii. 38 Those most inclining among Catholics to a merely juridical view of the subject have never been able to forget the present and living reality of a sacrifice constantly kept before their eyes.
(b) attributive. Obsolete.With inclining ear cf. to incline one's ear at incline v. Phrases.
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1572 J. Leslie Copie Let. out of Scotl. f. 48 The yong Prince..gaue sone an inclining eare to this his smooth talke.
1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 275/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The opinion & faction of the Dowglasses, whose furie..found such support (by the inclining multituds) that the king was put to his shifts.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 331 For tis most easie The inclining Desdemona to subdue, In any honest suite. View more context for this quotation
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV clxxxviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 48 These Suggestions Made the enclineing Commons, All his friends.
1682 A. Behn City-heiress iv. i. 37 What Wit, what Art, Can save a poor inclining heart?
1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 240 The inclining Fair Receiv'd his Vows with no reluctant Ear.
1790 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green Rooms II. 12 Many of the young fashionable Nobility..paid their complimentary addresses to so attractive an object, and to which..she listened with an inclining ear.
1863 R. Browning Colombe's Birthday iv. in Poet. Wks. (ed. 3) II. 325 Within her, the inclining heart—without, A terrible array of witnesses.
a1895 J. R. Anderson Actor's Life (1903) v. 63 Wounded vanity and disappointed ambition whispered to my inclining soul.
b. Of a thing: that is tending towards a particular physical condition or quality, esp. a colour; nearing, approximating. Chiefly with to. Obsolete.Some later quots. may illustrate incline v. 9.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined > to do something or towards some physical state
inclinedc1450
prone1561
subject1566
propense1568
inclininga1576
inclinable1590
partial1615
proclive1653
elective1796
a1576 R. Eden tr. L. de Varthema Nauigation & Voy. ii. ix, in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies (1577) f. 376 The colour of the inhabitantes is enclinyng to blacke: they are great merchantes.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole lvi. 528 The white Strawberry differeth not from the red, but in the colour of the fruite, which is..enclining to rednesse.
1655 J. Cooke Suppl. Chirurg. 81 The aire ought to be enclining to heat, bright, pure, and dry.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 238 Some Lands are much given to the bearing of Furz, especially such as are inclining to Sand.
a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 367 The more inclining to violet..would be the colour of the body which they composed.
1836 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. II. 666/1 The wing-coverts are inclining to brown with rich metallic reflections; and the feathers on the head..are velvety in their texture.
1864 Edinb. Vet. Rev. 6 741 The flesh had a dark appearance, and was sticky and inclining to wet.
1893 Brit. Gardening 11 Apr. 205/2 If the soil be inclining to dryness the whole is then given a moderate soaking.
Compounds
inclining dial n. now rare and chiefly historical a sundial or similar instrument whose plane is inclined relative to the horizon; cf. dial n.1 2.
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1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel Table of Contents sig. ¶¶v Of inclining dialles declining.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ix. 372/2 An Inclining Dial, is when the Angles which the Plate maketh with the Horizon, be acute and sharp.
1767 Suppl. Ferguson's Bk. of Lectures 29 Draw right lines to the center of the section; and they will be the true hour lines, for the like declining, reclining, or inclining dial.
1849 W. Turnbull Elements Spherical Astron. 125 Planes inclining to the horizon, or reclining from the zenith, on which are constructed all reclining or inclining dials.
1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 326/2–3 A brass equinoctial inclining dial,..19th C.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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