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he body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor. Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. Roscommon. A prince of a pleasant humor. Bacon. I like not the humor of lying. Shak.

Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.

The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.

f conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. Judges ix. 3. Power finds its balance, giddy motions cease In both the scales, and each inclines to peace. Parnell.

One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.

Same as Inclined, 3.

Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial. Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die. Addison.

Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn. This austere insociable life. Shak.

Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. -- In`ter*med"dle*some*ness, n.

Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.

An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight.

Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] Holland.

Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.

Inclined to delay; dilatory. [Obs.] "When a man is too latered." Chaucer.

Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. Bacon.

Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial. Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too light. Shak. Specimens of New England humor laboriously light and lamentably mirthful. Hawthorne.

Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk. Had like (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. Like figures (Geom.),…

Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt to melt; melting.

Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client." Macaulay. Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who guarrels move. Donne.

Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.