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Inclinable adj.

Leaning; tending. "Likely and inclinable to fall."

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." "The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy."

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Etymology of 'Inclinable'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inclinable" Quotes from Famous Books

... title, so have neglected the means to come by it. Only overmastered by some thoughts, I yielded an inky tribute unto them. Marry, they that delight in poesy itself should seek to know what they do, and how they do; and especially, look themselves in an unflattering glass of reason, if they be inclinable unto it. For poesy must not be drawn by the ears, it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead. Which was partly the cause, that made the ancient-learned affirm, it was a divine gift, and no human skill: sith all other knowledges ...

— English literary criticism • Various

... obedience to the first law of the creation, "Increase and Multiply." And since it is natural in young people to desire the embraces, proper to the marriage bed, it behoves parents to look after their children, and when they find them inclinable to marriage, not violently to restrain their inclinations (which, instead of allaying them, makes them but the more impetuous) but rather provide such suitable matches for them, as may make their lives ...

— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous