† acclinev.

Forms: late Middle English acclyne, late Middle English acline, 1500s–1800s accline.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acclīnāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin acclīnāre (transitive) to lay down, rest (on), (reflexive) to lean towards, to incline (to the support of), in post-classical Latin also (intransitive) to lean towards (4th cent.) < ac- ac- prefix + -clīnāre (see procline v.). Compare Old French, Middle French acliner to incline (12th cent.; in Middle French chiefly in reflexive use, and in figurative senses). Compare incline v. (association with which may have influenced some of the uses in English) and recline v.It is unclear whether the variant reading acclyued in quot. c1450 shows a transmission error for this word, or a different word ( < classical Latin acclīvis : see acclive adj.).

Obsolete.

intransitive. To incline; to slope, slant. Also in extended use: (to tend) to incline or lean. Chiefly with to. Also transitive in past participle.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > lean over

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a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 46 (MED) Sho sal acline to þerþe.

c1450 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Bodl. Add.) i. l. 250 (MED) Cornes best wol thryve In open lande solute, acclyned [?1440 Fitzw. acclyued; L. recliui, v.r. reclini] blyue Vppon the sonne.

1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1584/2 If any of them doe accline and geue consent to these wicked and detestable affirmations, propositions, and rehearsals aforesaid.

1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. iii. 252 The Magnete together with the nautical Steel do accline to the South and North Pole.

1741 Britannia's Precaution 11 How private Stations more illustrious shine, And their whole Course to virtuous Acts accline.

1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. vii. 61 Its sides were of great regularity,..rising abruptly till within sixty or seventy feet of the summit, where they accline in a blunt, cone-like manner, reducing the periphery to one third that of its base.

1867 Dew-drop Jan. 116 They construct a dam..convex and perpendicular on the side opposed to the current, but acclining on the other from a base of ten or twelve feet thick to a summit usually about three.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	accline
释义	† acclinev. Forms: late Middle English acclyne, late Middle English acline, 1500s–1800s accline. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acclīnāre. Etymology: < classical Latin acclīnāre (transitive) to lay down, rest (on), (reflexive) to lean towards, to incline (to the support of), in post-classical Latin also (intransitive) to lean towards (4th cent.) < ac- ac- prefix + -clīnāre (see procline v.). Compare Old French, Middle French acliner to incline (12th cent.; in Middle French chiefly in reflexive use, and in figurative senses). Compare incline v. (association with which may have influenced some of the uses in English) and recline v.It is unclear whether the variant reading acclyued in quot. c1450 shows a transmission error for this word, or a different word ( < classical Latin acclīvis : see acclive adj.). Obsolete. intransitive. To incline; to slope, slant. Also in extended use: (to tend) to incline or lean. Chiefly with to. Also transitive in past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > lean over hieldc888 leanOE stoopc1000 clinea1400 incline?c1400 acclinea1425 overheldc1450 paunch1577 sway1577 pend1674 list1929 a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 46 (MED) Sho sal acline to þerþe. c1450 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Bodl. Add.) i. l. 250 (MED) Cornes best wol thryve In open lande solute, acclyned [?1440 Fitzw. acclyued; L. recliui, v.r. reclini] blyue Vppon the sonne. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1584/2 If any of them doe accline and geue consent to these wicked and detestable affirmations, propositions, and rehearsals aforesaid. 1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. iii. 252 The Magnete together with the nautical Steel do accline to the South and North Pole. 1741 Britannia's Precaution 11 How private Stations more illustrious shine, And their whole Course to virtuous Acts accline. 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. vii. 61 Its sides were of great regularity,..rising abruptly till within sixty or seventy feet of the summit, where they accline in a blunt, cone-like manner, reducing the periphery to one third that of its base. 1867 Dew-drop Jan. 116 They construct a dam..convex and perpendicular on the side opposed to the current, but acclining on the other from a base of ten or twelve feet thick to a summit usually about three. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.a1425
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