склоня́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
• induce verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
• inflect verb To cause to curve inwards.
• lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
• tempt verb To try to get someone to do something, often something unwise, usually by making it look appealing.

Senses

склоня́ть is used for these senses in English:

• decline (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
• induce (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
• inflect (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
• lead To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
• tempt (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

decline — full definition

1. verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
2. verb To politely refuse an offer or invitation.
3. noun A gradual decrease or worsening.

induce — full definition

1. verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
2. verb To cause or bring about a particular state or effect.
3. verb To bring on labor artificially in a pregnant woman, usually with medication.
4. verb To generate an electric current or magnetic effect through a nearby changing field.

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