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<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inclemency</b> of the late pope. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inclemencies</b> of morning air. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The rude <b>inclemency</b> of wintry skies. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.</syn>

<h1>Inclement</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*clem"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inclemens</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>clemens</ets> mild: cf. F. <ets>incl\'82ment</ets>. See <er>Clement</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; <as>as, <ex>inclement</ex> weather</as>.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>The guard the wretched from the <b>inclement</b> sky. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Teach us further by what means to shun The <b>inclement</b> seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inclemently</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*clem"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inclement manner.</def>

<h1>Inclinable</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*clin"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inclinabilis</ets>. See <er>Incline</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Leaning; tending.</def>

<blockquote>Likely and <b>inclinable</b> to fall. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; <as>as, a mind <ex>inclinable</ex> to truth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whatsoever other sins he may be <b>inclinable</b> to. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The very constitution of a multitude is not so <b>inclinable</b> to save as to destroy. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inclinableness</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*clin"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.</def>

<h1>Inclinnation</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In`clin*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inclinatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inclination</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; <as>as, an <ex>inclination</ex> of the head</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; <as>as, the <ex>inclination</ex> of a column, or of a road bed</as>.</def>