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well-inˈclined, ppl. a.
Of good natural inclination or disposition; well-disposed.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xxvii. (1912) 323 These words being spoken (like a furious storme) presently caried away their wel inclined braines. 1611Rich Honest. Age (1615) 12 Zelous, and well inclined married wiues. 1615Chapman Odyss. vii. 235 The well-inclin'd, And sacred order of Alcinous mind. 1683H. Prideaux in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 185 We looke on him as a studious well-inclined yong Gentleman. 1709Atterbury Serm. (1726) II. 237 For the sake of those, who..may be well-inclin'd to Works of Mercy. 1710Steele Tatler No. 207 ⁋1 A well inclined young Man..must needs take Delight in being agreeable to his Elders. 1881Gladstone Let. to Forster 8 Sept. in R. B. O'Brien Life Parnell (1898) I. 304 To reduce the following of Parnell by drawing away from him all well-inclined men. |