Both Uses
inclined
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Politics and the English Language
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- Probably, therefore, he will say something like this: While freely conceding that the Soviet rĂ©gime exhibits certain features which the humanitarian may be inclined to deplore, we must, I think, agree that a certain curtailment of the right to political opposition is an unavoidable concomitant of transitional periods, and that the rigors which the Russian people have been called upon to undergo have been amply justified in the sphere of concrete achievement.†
- When you think of something abstract you are more inclined to use words from the start, and unless you make a conscious effort to prevent it, the existing dialect will come rushing in and do the job for you, at the expense of blurring or even changing your meaning.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something
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(2)
(incline as in: on an incline or incline his head) to be at an angle or to bend
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)