All 6 Uses of
inclined
in
Frankenstein
- ...he heard that his former mistress was married according to her inclinations.
Chpt Intr.inclinations = desires
- When I look back, it seems to me as if this almost miraculous change of inclination and will was the immediate suggestion of the guardian angel of my lifeāthe last effort made by the spirit of preservation to avert the storm that was even then hanging in the stars and ready to envelop me.
Chpt 2inclination = desire
- I returned home not disappointed, for I have said that I had long considered those authors useless whom the professor reprobated; but I returned not at all the more inclined to recur to these studies in any shape.
Chpt 3inclined = desiring
- But I do not pretend that my protestations should acquit me; I rest my innocence on a plain and simple explanation of the facts which have been adduced against me, and I hope the character I have always borne will incline my judges to a favourable interpretation where any circumstance appears doubtful or suspicious.
Chpt 8incline = influence (make someone tend to favor something)
- I did not pretend to enter into the merits of the case, yet I inclined towards the opinions of the hero, whose extinction I wept, without precisely understanding it.
Chpt 15 *inclined = had an attitude that favored
- I could not help supposing that you might regret our connection and believe yourself bound in honour to fulfil the wishes of your parents, although they opposed themselves to your inclinations.
Chpt 22inclinations = desires
Definition:
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(inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something