| adj. Not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: 3. adj. Impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable: 4. adj. Firmly fixed; not easily changed: 5. adj. Not easily swayed or influenced: |
| an insulting or abusive word or expression. |
| incline | |
| —vb (when tr, | |
| 1. | to deviate or cause to deviate from a particular plane, esp a vertical or horizontal plane; slope or slant |
| 2. | to be disposed or cause to be disposed (towards some attitude or to do something): he inclines towards levity; that does not incline me to think that you are right |
| 3. | to bend or lower (part of the body, esp the head), as in a bow or in order to listen |
| 4. | incline one's ear to listen favourably (to) |
| —n | |
| 5. | an inclined surface or slope; gradient |
| 6. | short for inclined railway |
| [C13: from Latin inclīnāre to cause to lean, from clīnāre to bend; see | |
| in'cliner | |
| —n | |