inclination 
as, an inclination for poetry; a strong inclina- 
tion toward law. 
An hundred Years on one kind Word I'll feast : 
A thousand more will added be, 
If you an Inclination have for me. 
Cowley, The Mistress, My Diet. 
When Habit and Custom is joyned with a vicious In- 
clination, how little doth human Reason signifle? 
Stillingfteet, Sermons, III. viil. 
I shall certainly not balk your inMnatima. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, iv. 3. 
6. A person for whom or a thing for which one 
has a liking or preference. [Rare.] 
Monsieur Hoeft, who was a great inclination of mine. 
Sir W. Temple, Works, i. 458. (Latham.) 
7. In Gr. and Latin gram., same as enclisis. 
Angle of inclination. See def. 2. Inclination com- 
pass. Same as dipping-compcts*. Inclination of an or- 
bit, in astron., the angle which the plane of an orbit makes 
with the ecliptic. Inclination of the groove, the an- 
gle made by the tangent to the groove of a rifled gun at 
any point with the rectilinear element of the bore passing 
through that point See twist. Inclination or dip of 
the needle. See dip. Prayer of Inclination, in Orien- 
tal liturgies, a prayer between the Lord's Prayer and the 
communion, expressing adoration, humiliation, and a de- 
sire for worthy reception of the sacrament. Its character 
varies considerably, however, in different liturgies. In 
the liturgies of Constantinople it is introduced by the ex- 
hortation "Let us bow down (incline) our heads to the 
Lord," and other liturgies contain a similar direction, or 
allusions to this posture of bowing down from which the 
prayer takes its name. By English liturgiologists it is also 
called the prayer of humble access. The Coptic liturgy 
of St. Basil has, in addition, a prayer of inclination after 
the communion, preceding the benediction. The name 
prayer of inclination or of bowing down the head (eux>? 
TTJS Kc0aAojcAi(7ia;) is also given to a prayer for protection 
during the night, said at hesperinon (vespers), and to a 
prayer for forgiveness of sins, at orthron (lauds), in the 
Greek Church. In the Syriac baptismal offices prayers of 
inclination are said secretly by the priest, invoking sanc- 
tincation of the water and of the candidate. =Syn. 1. Obli- 
quity, slope, slant. 6. Propensity, Bias, etc. (see benti), 
proclivity. 
inclinatorium (in-kli-na-to'ri-um), n. ; pi. in- 
cUnatoria (-a). [NL. (cf. ML. inclinatorium, an 
elbow-rest), neut. of "incUnatorius, < L. incli- 
nare: see incline.'] The inclination compass or 
dipping-needle. See dipping-needle. 
incline (in-klin'), v. ; pret. and pp. inclined, ppr. 
inclining. [Formerly also encline; < ME. in- 
clinen, enclinen, < OF. encliner, incliner, F. - 
diner = Pr. enclinar, inclinar = Sp. Pg. indinar 
== It. inchinare, inclinare, < L. inclinare (= Gr. 
eyiMvtiv), bend down, lean, incline, < in, on, + 
clinare, lean : see dine, decline, recline, etc.] I. 
intraiis. 1. To bend down; lean; turn oblique- 
ly from or toward a given direction or position ; 
deviate from a line or course ; tend : as, the col- 
umn inclines from the perpendicular. 
The! rode a softe paas, theire hedes mclyned vnder theire 
helmes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 440. 
Your nose inclines, 
That side that's next the sun, to the queen-apple. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, iv. 1. 
2f. To bow; bend the head or the body, espe- 
cially as a mark of courtesy or respect. 
Whan thei ben thus apparaylled, thei gon 2 and 2 to- 
gedre, fulle ordynatly before the Emperour, with outen 
speche of ony Woord, saf only enclynynge to him. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 234. 
If that any neighebor of myne 
Wol nat in chirche to my wyf enclyne. . . . 
Whan she conith home, she rampeth in my face. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Monk's Tale, 1. 14. 
3. To have a mental bent or tendency; be dis- 
posed ; tend, as toward an opinion, a course of 
action, etc. 
[They] holde of hym theire londes and theire fees in 
honour, flor he hath made hem alle enclyne to hym by his 
prowesse. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 619. 
Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. Judges ix. 3. 
4. To tend, in a physical sense ; approximate. 
The flower itself is of a golden hue, 
The leaves inclining to a darker blue. 
Additon, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. 
5. In marching, to gain ground to the flank, as 
well as to the front. Wilhelm, Mil. Diet Inclinine 
dial. See dial. 
II. trans. 1. To bend down; cause to lean; 
give a leaning to; cause to deviate from or to- 
ward a given line, position, or direction ; direct. 
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. 
Pope, Moral Essays, i. 160. 
2. To bend (the body), as in an act of reverence 
or civility; cause to stoop or bow. 
Soft himselfe incli/ning on his knee 
Downe to that well. , Spenser, F. (J., II. ii. 3. 
With due respect my body I inclined, 
As to some being of superior kind. Drydcn. 
3. To give a tendency or propension to ; turn ; 
dispose. 
I will incline mine ear to a parable ; I will open my dark 
saying upon the harp. Pa. xlix. 4. 
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Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 30. 
The presence of so many of our countrymen was inclin- 
ing us to cut short our own stay. Froude, Sketches, p. 95. 
Inclined dial, engine, plane, etc. See the nouns. 
incline (in-klin'), n. [< ME. encline, < OF. en- 
din, an inclination, bow, disposition, < encliner, 
incline: see incline, v.] If. An inclination; a 
bow. 
He salujed the soverayne and the sale aftyr, 
like a kynge aftyre kynge, and mad his enclines. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 82. 
2. An inclined plane ; an ascent or a descent, 
as in a road or a railway; a slope. 
The traveller does not go there [to Cincinnati] to see 
the city, but to visit the suburbs, climbing into them, out 
of the smoke and grime, by steam inclines and grip rail- 
ways. Harper's Hag., LXXVII. 4.10. 
3. A shaft or mine-opening having consider- 
able inclination. The words shaft, incline, and level 
express all possible conditions of a mine-opening in re- 
spect to position with reference to the horizontal plane. 
If the incline is worked " to the rise," the material mined 
is transported downward by some self-acting arrange- 
ment; if "to the deep," it is raised by a steam or other 
engine. 
incliner (in-kll'ner), n. 1. One who or that 
which inclines. 2. An inclined dial. Ash. 
inclining (in-kli'ning), n. [Verbal n. of in- 
cline, v.J 1. Disposition; inclination. [Rare.] 
Were you not sent for? Is it your own inclining? Is 
it a free visitation? Shale., Hamlet, it 2. 
2f. Side; party. 
Hold your hands, 
Both you of my inclining, and the rest. 
Shak., Othello, 1. 2. 
inclinometer (in-kli-nom'e-ter), n. [Irreg. < L. 
inclinare, incline, + Gr. uerpov, measure.] 1 . In 
magnetism, an apparatus for determining the 
vertical component of the earth's magnetic 
force. 2. An instrument for ascertaining the 
slope of an embankment; a clinometer or bat- 
ter-level Chain-inclinometer, a device attached to 
a surveyors' chain to indicate its departure from a level. 
inclip (in-klip'), v. t.; pret. and pp. indipped, 
ppr. indipping. [< inA + clip 1 .] To grasp; 
inclose; surround. [Rare.] 
Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips, 
Is thine, if thou wilt have 't Shak., A. and C., ii. 7, 
incloister (in-klois'ter), v. t. See encloister. 
Such a beatific face 
Incloitters here this narrow floor. 
That possess'd all hearts before. 
Lovelace, Epitaph on Mrs. Filmer. 
inclose, enclose (in-, en-kloz'), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. inclosed, enclosed, ppr. inclosing, enclosing. 
[< ME. enclosen, < OF. (also F.) enclos, pp. of 
enclore, inclose, include (cf. enclose, an inclo- 
sure): see include. Cf. close 1 .'] 1. To close 
or shut in ; environ or encompass, as a space, 
or an object or objects within a space ; cover 
or shut up on all sides ; include or confine : as, 
to inclose land with a fence ; to inclose a letter 
in an envelop. 
Thai hadde a semli sijt of a cite nobul, 
Enclosed comeliche a-boute with fyn castel-werk. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2220. 
The peer now spreads the glitt'ring forfex wide, 
1" inclose the lock. Pope, R. of the L., iii. 148. 
2. To insert in the same cover or inclosure with 
an original or the main letter, report, or other 
paper in a matter: as, he inclosed a report of 
the proceedings. 
I now dispatch the inclosed copies of the treaty, in order 
to his Majesty's ratification. 
Sir W. Temple, To Lord Arlington. 
3f. To put into harness. 
They went to coach and their horse inclose. Chapman. 
incloser, encloser (in-, en-klo'zer), n. One who 
or that which incloses ; one who separates land 
from common grounds by a fence. 
The grand encloser of the commons, for 
His private profit or delight, with all 
His herds that graze upon 't are lawful prize. 
Massinger, Guardian, ii. 4. 
inclosing-net (in-klo'zing-net), n. Seefish-net. 
inclosure, enclosure (in-, en-klo'zur), n. [< 
inclose + -ure. Cf. OF. enclostufe", encloture, 
an inclosure.] 1. The act of inclosing, or the 
state of being inclosed. 
Theprimitive monks were excusablein their retiring and 
enclosures of themselves. Donne, Letters, xx. 
2. The separation and appropriation of land 
by means of a fence ; hence, the appropriation 
of things common; reduction to private pos- 
session. 
Let no man appropriate what God hath made common. 
. . . God hath declared his displeasure against such en- 
closure. Jer , Taylor. 
3. That which incloses; anything that envi- 
rons, encompasses, or incloses within limits. 
inclusion 
Within the inclosure was a great store of houses. 
Hakluyfs Voyages, III. 811. 
Much more might be written of this antient wise Re- 
public [Venice], which cannot be comprehended within 
the narrow Inclosure of a Letter. Howell, Letters, I. i. 35. 
The kingdom of thought has no inclosures, but the Muse 
makes us free of her city. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 307. 
4. That which is inclosed or shut in ; a space 
or an object surrounded or enveloped. Spe- 
cifically 5. A tract of land surrounded by a 
fence, hedge, or equivalent protection, together 
with such fence or hedge. 
Delicious Paradise, 
Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, 
As with a rural mound, the champain head 
Of a steep wilderness. Milton, P. L., iv. 133. 
6. A letter or paper inclosed with another in an 
envelop. See inclose, 2 inclosure Acts, English 
statutes, especially those of 1801 (41 Geo. III., c. 109) and 
1845 (8 and 9 Viet, c. 118X for acquiring and divesting 
rights over common and waste lands, usually by allotting 
them among adjoining landowners, which could previous- 
ly be done only by means of private acts of Parliament 
Inclosure commissioner, in Eng. law, an officer, for- 
merly appointed under special acts, but in recent times one 
of a permanent board, empowered to take proceedings for 
the inclosing and allotting to private ownership of lands 
formerly held as commons or as subject to rights of com- 
mon, which preclude cultivation. 
inclosurert (in-kld'zur-er), n. [< inclosure + 
-er 1 .] One who makes an inclosure of land ; in 
the extract, a squatter. 
And so live meanly and poorly, and, turning Cottiers or 
Inclosurers on some Highway Side, are commonly given 
to pilfering and stealing and intertainers of Vagabonds. 
Statute (1665), quoted in Kibton-Turner's Vagrants and 
[Vagrancy, p. 448. 
incloud (in-kloud'), v. t. [< in-'i + cloud 1 .'} 
Same as encloud. 
include (in-kl6d'), v. t.; pret. and pp. included, 
ppr. including. [< ME. includen, encluden = 
OF. endore, endure, F. inclure = Pr. endure = 
Sp. induir = Pg. incluir, enchtdir = It. incltiu- 
dere, indudere, include, < L. includere, shut in, 
include, < in, in, + daudere, shut, close : see 
dose 1 , v. Cf. conclude, exclude, etc.] 1. To 
confine within something; hold as in an inclo- 
sure; inclose; contain. 
The flouring tree trunk in leed 
Enclude, or in an edder skynne it wynde. 
I'ulluilius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 116. 
Where likeliest he might find 
The only two of mankind, but in them 
The whole included race. Milton, P. L., ix. 416. 
2. To comprise as a part, or as something in- 
cident or pertinent; comprehend; take in: as, 
the greater includes the less ; this idea includes 
many particulars ; the Roman empire included 
many nations. In logic a term is said to include under 
it the subjects of which it can be predicated, and to in- 
clude within itself its essential predicates. 
The loss of such a lord includes all harms. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 8. 
3f. To conclude ; terminate. 
Come, let us go ; we will include all jars 
With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. 
Shak., 1. Q. of V., v. 4. 
Included clypeus or nasus, in entom., a clypeus or na- 
sus lying between two lateral produced parts of the front, 
as in most heteropterbus Hemiptera. Such a clypeus is 
often called stylus. Included stamens, in bot., stamens 
which do not project beyond the mouth of the corolla, as 
in Cinchona. Included style, in bot., a style which does 
not project beyond the mouth of the corolla, as in the pea 
and dead-nettle. 
includible (in-klo'di-bl), a. [< include + -ible.~\ 
Capable of being included. Bentham. 
Inclusa (in-klo'sa), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. of 
L. inclusus, pp. of indudere: see include.] In 
Cuvier's classification, the fifth family of his 
Acephala testacea, including the clams, razor- 
shells, pholades, ship-worms, and some other 
lamellibranch or bivalve mollusks which have 
the mantle open at the anterior extremity, or 
near the middle only, for the passage of the 
foot. In some the mantle is prolonged at the posterior 
end to a tube of great length, as in the razor-shells. The 
bivalves of this tribe are remarkable for their powers of 
burrowing into clay, sand, wood, or even stone. 
incluset, a. [ME. induse, < L. inclusus, pp. of 
indudere, include : see include.'] Inclosed; shut 
in; cloistered; recluse. 
Thou sail be safe as ane ankir incluse, and noghte anely 
thou bot all cristene men. 
Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.). p. 42. 
inclusion (in-klo'zhon), n. [= F. inclusion = 
Sp. inclusion = Pg. iiiclusao = It. ineiiiiisione, in- 
clmione, < L. inclusio(n-), a shutting up, < in- 
cludere, pp. inclusus, include : see include.] 1. 
The act of including, or the state of being in- 
cluded. 
The Dutch should have obliged themselves to make no 
peace without the inclusion of their allies. 
Sir W. Temple, To the Duke of Ormond. 
