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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lean \Lean\ (l[emac]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned}
      (l[emac]nd), sometimes {Leant} (l[ecr]nt); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leaning}.] [OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to
      OS. hlin[d3]n, D. leunen, OHG. hlin[c7]n, lin[c7]n, G.
      lehnen, L. inclinare, Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope.
      [root]40. Cf. {Declivity}, {Climax}, {Incline}, {Ladder}.]
      1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to
            be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she
            leaned out at the window; a leaning column. [bd]He leant
            forward.[b8] --Dickens.
  
      2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
            with to, toward, etc.
  
                     They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
            with on, upon, or against.
  
                     He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
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