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单词 inclinated
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inclinatedadj.

Brit. /ˈɪnklᵻneɪtᵻd/, /ˈɪŋklᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɪnkləˌneɪdᵻd/, /ˈɪŋkləˌneɪdᵻd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin inclīnātus , -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin inclīnātus inclinate adj. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier inclinate adj., inclined adj.Compare the following slightly earlier example of inclinate (verb), in the sense ‘to incline or bow (the head)’:1676 J. Hopwood Blessed Rest Burthened Sinner 33 The word among the Hebrews for Worship..signifies to inclinate and bend the Head.
1. Having an inclination to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way. Chiefly in predicative use with to or infinitive. Cf. inclined adj. 1.Since the 19th cent. chiefly in satirical representations of regional or nonstandard English, in contexts where standard English would have inclined.
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1680 R. Baxter Church-hist. Govt. Bishops xii. 383 You may see here what work Hereticating Prelates and Councils were inclinated to make.
1788 Coll. Several Stories 108 We are..inclinated to love those who descend from us.
1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 219 For my own part, I'm strongly inclinated to believe that it must have been Saint Patrick himself.
1837 W. L. Rede Flight to Amer. ii. vi. 38 I've entered on a contract of connubiality, and the lady ain't no ways inclinated to the contrary.
1902 Judy 21 May 252/2 Didn't do much at Kemptons..as felt inclinated for to take it easy and enjoyed myself amongst my pals.
1999 P. A. Rahe in P. McNamara Noblest Minds i. i. 27 John Adams was inclinated to regard political life as a burden.
2. Sloping, inclined, oblique; at an angle.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective]
embelifc1400
inclining?c1400
oblique?a1425
inclinate?1440
hieldingc1480
inclined?a1500
bias1551
overthwart1594
sidelong1598
squinty1598
skew1609
traverse1609
skewed1611
obliquous1614
squint1703
inclinated1751
slanting1768
slanted1770
slant1776
aslant1791
diagonal1796
rakish1830
slantindicular1832
slantwise1856
slaunchways1913
slanty1928
1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 286 The stamina are five subulated, inclinated filaments, nearly of the length of the corolla.
1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 461/2 In most species the stamina are inclinated, unequal, and covered with coloured villi at the base.
1820 Monthly Rev. Sept. 48 Among the peculiarities of the slate of this district, are round and inclinated masses of that substance [sc. green-stone].
1891 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 July 253/2 An inclinated serrated partition in the carburetor.
1978 Vegetatio 36 136/1 It occurs on slightly inclinated southerly facing slopes with shallow, humic soils.
2000 G. K. Krieglstein et al. Atlas of Ophthalmol. ix. 184 (caption) A contact lens is placed on the eye, in which an inclinated mirror is incorporated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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