Inclěment, a

[Fr., from Lat.incle mens, from in =not, and clemens =kind, clement; Ital. & Sp. in clemente.] 1. Not clement; without clemency; harsh, cruel, unmerciful, severe, mercile . 2. Rough, severe, boisterous, stormy; severely cold. "The inclement and the perilous days." Words worth: Excursion, bk. i. In-clěm-ent-ly, adv . [English inclement ; -ly.] In an inclement manner; roughly, sharply, harshly, In-clin-a-ble, a. [Lat. inclinabilis , from in clino =to bend: in =in, toward, and clino =to lean; Sp. inclinable ; Ital. incl in a bile .] 1. Having a tendency; leaning, tending. 2. Having a propensity or inclination of will or feelings; inclined, disposed, willing. "Inclinable now grown to touch or taste." Milton: P. L. , ix. 742. IMG:content-1556.png:[blocks in formation] angle where they meet, or where B the lines of their direction meet. This angle is called the angle of in clination. Thus in the figure, the c angle BAC is the angle of inclination of the two lines B А, СА. "The other lying at an inclination of twenty-three and a half degrees." - Derham : Astro- Theology , bk. iv., ch. iv. 3. Pharm .: The act by which a clear liquor is poured off from some fæces or sediment by only stooping the ve el; also called decantation. B. Transitive : I. Literally : 1. To cause to deviate from a line or direction; to give an inclination or leaning to; to direct. 2. To bend down, to bow, to stoop; as, to incline the head or body as an act of reverence or civility.