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adjective

Inclinable adj.

Leaning; tending. "Likely and inclinable to fall."

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." "The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy."

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Etymology of 'Inclinable'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inclinable" Quotes from Famous Books

... which to behold Might tempt alone; and in her ears the sound Yet rung of his persuasive words, impregned With reason, to her seeming, and with truth: Mean while the hour of noon drew on, and waked An eager appetite, raised by the smell So savoury of that fruit, which with desire, Inclinable now grown to touch or taste, Solicited her longing eye; yet first Pausing a while, thus to herself she mused. Great are thy virtues, doubtless, best of fruits, Though kept from man, and worthy to be admired; Whose taste, ...

— Paradise Lost • John Milton

... those of the other prominent men of the county, and especially of the clergymen. "Sound their pulse," he wrote, "with an air of indifference and unconcern ... without disclosing much of mine." "If they seem inclinable to promote my interest, and things should be drawing to a crisis, you may declare my intention and beg their assistance. If on the contrary you find them more inclined to favor some other, I would have the affair entirely dropped." Apparently the county magnates disapproved, for ...

— The True George Washington [10th Ed.] • Paul Leicester Ford