adj. 1. broad in scope or content.
Syn. -- all-embracing, across-the-board, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of birds comprising the water ouzels, also called dippers, which dive under water in flowing streams.
Syn. -- family Cinclidae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. the type genus of the bird family Cinclidae. It includes the water ouzels Cinclus aquaticus of Europe and Cinclus mexicanus of western North America.
Syn. -- genus Cinclus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

Syn. -- Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinclined p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining. ] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disenclose. ] To free from being inclosed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inclamatio. See 1st In-, and Claim. ] Exclamation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + clasp. Cf. Enclasp. ] To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [ Written also enclasp. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The flattering ivy who did ever see
Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. F. Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not closing or shutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. inclavatus; L. pref. in- in + clavare to fasten with nails, fr. clavus nail. ] Set; fast; fixed. Dr. John Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Inclavated. ] (Her.) Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Inkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Inclemencies [ L. inclementia: cf. F. inclémence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state or quality of being inclement; lack of clemency; lack of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inclemency of the late pope. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inclemencies of morning air. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rude inclemency of wintry skies. Cowper.

Syn. -- Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inclemens; pref. in- not + clemens mild: cf. F. inclément. See Clement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The guard the wretched from the inclement sky. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Teach us further by what means to shun
The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inclement manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inclinabilis. See Incline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Leaning; tending. [ 1913 Webster ]

Likely and inclinable to fall. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inclinatio: cf. F. inclination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tendency towards another body or point. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28′; the inclination of two rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

How dost thou find the inclination of the people? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Pharm.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclination compass, an inclinometer. --
Inclination of an orbit (Astron.), the angle which the orbit makes with the ecliptic. --
Inclination of the needle. See Dip of the needle, under Dip.

Syn. -- Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity; propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire; affection; love. See Bent, and cf. Disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. -- In*clin"a*to*ri*ly adv. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

n. An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Inclined p. pr. & vb. n. Inclining. ] [ OE. inclinen, enclinen, OF. encliner, incliner, F. incliner, L. inclinare; pref. in- in + clinare to bend, incline; akin to E. lean. See Lean to incline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. Judges ix. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease
In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bow; to incline the head. Chaucer.

Syn. -- To lean; slope; slant; tend; bend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Is. xxxvii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incline our hearts to keep this law. Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility. [ 1913 Webster ]

With due respect my body I inclined. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. “Each pensively inclined.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclined plane. (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Inclination; disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the first inclining towards sleep. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Party or side chosen; a following. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both you of my inclining, and the rest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Inclined, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Incline + -meter. ] (Magnetism) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clasp; to inclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer. Cf. Encloister. ] To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inclosed p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing. ] [ See Enclose, and cf. Include. ] [ Written also enclose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inclosed copies of the treaty. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put into harness; to harness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They went to coach and their horse inclose. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Inclose, Enclosure. ] [ Written also enclosure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breaking our inclosures every morn. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Included; p. pr. & vb. n. Including. ] [ L. includere, inclusum; pref. in- in + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Enclose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole included race, his purposed prey. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The loss of such a lord includes all harm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, let us go; we will include all jars
With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Shak.

Syn. -- To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclosed; confined. [ 1913 Webster ]

Included stamens (Bot.), such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being included. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. inclusus, p. p. of includere to shut in. ] (Zool.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See Include. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something that is included. [ PJC ]

3. (Min.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biol., Cytology) A small body suspended within the cytoplasm of a cell. [ PJC ]

5. (Logic, Math.) The relationship existing between two sets if one is a subset of the other. [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. inclusif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inclosing; encircling; surrounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inclusive verge
Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday; -- opposed to exclusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inclusive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cloth covering for the loins, worn around the hips; -- sometimes worn in tropical areas as the only article of clothing.
Syn. -- breechcloth, breechclout, G-string. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as magnetic dip. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]