Incline vs Bestow - What's the difference?
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(lb) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
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(lb) To slope.
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To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
*(rfdate), J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:
*:The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters..
*Usage note: In this sense incline is usually used in the passive voice, and usually intransitively.
To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
* 1611 , King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
* 1977 , ", HarperCollins, page 358:
To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
* 1838 , Ben Jonson, The works of Ben Jonson :
To dispose of.
* 1810 , Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, The Ancient British drama :
To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
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* 1831 , (Mary Shelley),
To give in marriage.
To apply; make use of; use; employ.
* 1887 , John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston :
(obsolete) To behave or deport.
Incline is a related term of bestow.
As verbs the difference between incline and bestow
is that incline is while bestow is to lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.incline
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(wikipedia incline)Alternative forms
* encline (obsolete)Verb
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Verb
(en verb)- And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.
- Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed .
- Well, my masters, I'll leave him with you; now I see him bestowed , I'll go look for my goods, and Numps.
- Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.
- Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
The Large Hadron Collider Game”
- CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.
- Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
- [...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]
