incline

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incline/ɪnˈklʌɪn/

▶verb

• 1 (usu. be inclined to/towards/to do something) be favourably disposed towards or willing to do.

• 2 (usu. be inclined to/to do something) have a specified tendency, disposition, or talent.

• 3 lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal.

  ■ bend (one's head) forwards and downwards.

▶noun an inclined surface, slope, or plane.

– derivatives
inclinable adjective,
incliner noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. encliner, from L. inclinare ‘to bend towards’.