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Inclinable

Inclinable \In*clin"a*ble\, a. [L. inclinabilis. See Incline.]

  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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
inclinable

"amenable, disposed," mid-15c., from Old French enclinable and directly from Latin inclinabilis, from inclinare (see incline).

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inclinable

a. Capable of being inclined.

Usage examples of "inclinable".

Why, at first, I found myself somewhat inclinable to go with the man, for I thought he spake very fair.

They seem, indeed, more inclinable to that opinion that places, if not the whole, yet the chief part, of a man’s happiness in pleasure.

They seem, indeed, more inclinable to that opinion that places, if not the whole, yet the chief part of a man’s happiness in pleasure.