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Unit Five Fourteen Steps be inclined to: be likely to, tend to, have a tendency to incline v. (fml) 1) (sb) to/towards: tend to think or behave in a particular way; make sb do this e.g. I ～ to the view that we should abolish death penalty. Poverty ～s these young people towards crime. 2) (sth) (to/towards sth): lean or slope in a particular direction; make sth do this e.g. The land ～d gently to the shore. inclination n. a feeling that makes you want to do sth; a tendency to do sth e.g. They didn’t show the slightest ～ to help. There is an ～ to work and live in the city. paralyze v.: cause to be