Verb

(en verb)

To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour

*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=The Wolf's Long Howl, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The queer thought somehow inspirited him. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1856, author=John Esten Cooke, title=The Last of the Foresters, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The landlord had been so much pleased with Mr. Jinks' patriotic ardor in the German cause, that he generously hinted at an entire obliteration of any little score chalked up against the name of Jinks for board and lodging at the hostelry; this was one of the circumstances which inspirited Mr. Jinks. }}

Verb

(inclin)

(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.