Incline

1. n. An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
2. v. i. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
3. v. i. Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
4. v. i. To bow; to incline the head.
5. v. t. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
6. v. t. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
7. v. t. To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.