[ɪnˈklʌɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something
(e.g: he was inclined to accept the offer)

- have a tendency to do something
(e.g: she's inclined to gossip with complete strangers)

- lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal
(e.g: the bunker doors incline outwards)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’

[ˈɪnklʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway
(e.g: the road climbs a long incline through a forest)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’