1. Leaning; tending.

Likely and inclinable to fall.

Bentley.

2. Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition;

disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth.

Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to.

South.

The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save

as to destroy.

Fuller.

In*clin"a*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being inclinable;

inclination.

In`cli*na"tion (?), n. [L. inclinatio: cf. F. inclination.] 1. The act

of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination

of the head.

2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal

direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.

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